Peebles K Elkie, Page-McCaw Andrea
Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Center for Matrix Biology, Program in Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
J Cell Biol. 2025 Jun 2;224(6). doi: 10.1083/jcb.202503175. Epub 2025 May 15.
The highly conserved basement membrane protein collagen IV is stereotypically composed of two α1 subunits and one α2 subunit. In this issue, Srinivasan et al. (https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202412118) show that specific C. elegans basement membranes include collagen IV trimers with other compositions, suggesting a new diversity.
高度保守的基底膜蛋白IV型胶原蛋白通常由两个α1亚基和一个α2亚基组成。在本期中,Srinivasan等人(https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202412118)表明,秀丽隐杆线虫的特定基底膜包含具有其他组成的IV型胶原蛋白三聚体,这表明了一种新的多样性。