Macrophage inhibitory factor

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Macrophage inhibitory factor (MIF) is an inflammatory cytokine. MIF is released to the blood stream upon stimulation of white blood cells by bacterial antigens. MIF contains two different catalytic sites. A phenylpyruvate tautomerase site is located in the N terminal. A disulfide reductase site is located in the tetrapeptide Cys-Ala-Leu-Cys in position 57-60.

3D structures of macrophage inhibitory factor3D structures of macrophage inhibitory factor

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