Structure
The full receptor consists of 5 domains: The cytosolic domain, which is responsible for signal transduction, the transmembrane domain which anchors the receptor in the cell membrane, the variable domain which binds the RAGE ligands and two constant domains. RAGE has a potential V domin for ligand binding. and the cytosolic domin for the cytosolic signalling.
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