Adenosine Deaminase Activity of Insect-derived Growth Factor Is Essential for Its Growth Factor Activity
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Adenosine deaminase activity of insect-derived growth factor is essential for its growth factor activity.
Insect-derived growth factor (IDGF) was originally isolated from conditioned medium of NIH-Sape-4 cells derived from flesh fly embryos. Here we demonstrated that IDGF has adenosine deaminase activity. The substrate specificity of IDGF was similar to that of the mammalian cytoplasmic adenosine deaminase. The adenosine deaminase activity of IDGF was shown to be indispensable for its growth factor...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Biological Chemistry
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0021-9258
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m105088200