Intestinal Gel-Forming Mucins Polymerize by Disulfide-Mediated Dimerization of D3 Domains.
Javitt, G., Calvo, M.L.G., Albert, L., Reznik, N., Ilani, T., Diskin, R., Fass, D.(2019) J Mol Biol 431: 3740-3752
- PubMed: 31310764 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2019.07.018
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6RBF - PubMed Abstract: 
The mucin 2 glycoprotein assembles into a complex hydrogel that protects intestinal epithelia and houses the gut microbiome. A major step in mucin 2 assembly is further multimerization of preformed mucin dimers, thought to produce a honeycomb-like arrang ...