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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2008 Nov 25;6(1):27–35. doi: 10.1038/ncpcardio1398

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Structure of adiponectin. Full-length adiponectin requires post-translational modifications for activity (e.g. hydroxylation and glycosylation). Adiponectin molecules are secreted from adipocytes as trimers (∼90 kDa; the basic unit), low molecular weight hexamers (∼180 kDa) and high molecular weight isoforms (12-18-mers; >400 kDa). Abbreviations: aa, amino acids; C, carboxy terminal; HMW, high molecular weight; LMW, low molecular weight; N, amino terminal.