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Preferred term

Kringles  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Domain, Kringle
  • Domains, Kringle
  • Kringle Domain
  • Kringle Domains

Scope note

  • Triple-looped protein domains linked by disulfide bonds. These common structural domains, so-named for their resemblance to Danish pastries known as kringlers, play a role in binding membranes, proteins, and phospholipids as well as in regulating proteolysis. Kringles are also present in coagulation-related and fibrinolytic proteins and other plasma proteinases.

History note

  • 94; was KRINGLES (NM) 1980-93

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018082

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