Impaired protofibril formation in fibrinogen gammaN308K is due to altered D:D and "A:a" interactions.
Bowley, S.R., Okumura, N., Lord, S.T.(2009) Biochemistry 48: 8656-8663
- PubMed: 19650644 
- DOI: 10.1021/bi900239b
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3HUS - PubMed Abstract: 
"A:a" knob-hole interactions and D:D interfacial interactions are important for fibrin polymerization. Previous studies with recombinant gammaN308K fibrinogen, a substitution at the D:D interface, showed impaired polymerization. We examined the molecular ...