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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
33
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-9-21
pubmed:abstractText
During cleavage of fibrinogen by thrombin, fibrinopeptide A (FpA) release precedes fibrinopeptide B (FpB) release. To examine the basis for this ordered release, we synthesized A'beta fibrinogen, replacing FpB with a fibrinopeptide A-like peptide, FpA' (G14V). Analyses of fibrinopeptide release from A'beta fibrinogen showed that FpA release and FpA' release were similar; the release of either peptide followed simple first-order kinetics. Specificity constants for FpA and FpA' were similar, demonstrating that these peptides are equally competitive substrates for thrombin. In the presence of Gly-Pro-Arg-Pro, an inhibitor of fibrin polymerization, the rate of FpB release from normal fibrinogen was reduced 3-fold, consistent with previous data; in contrast, the rate of FpA' release from A'beta fibrinogen was unaffected. Thus, with A'beta fibrinogen, fibrinopeptide release from the beta chain is similar to fibrinopeptide release from the alpha chain. We conclude that the ordered release of fibrinopeptides is dictated by the specificity of thrombin for its substrates. We analyzed polymerization, following changes in turbidity, and found that polymerization of A'beta fibrinogen was similar to that of normal fibrinogen. We analyzed clot structure by scanning electron microscopy and found that clots from A'beta fibrinogen were similar to clots from normal fibrinogen. We conclude that premature release of the fibrinopeptide from the N terminus of the beta chain does not affect polymerization of fibrinogen.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
18
pubmed:volume
275
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
25239-46
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10837485-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10837485-CHO Cells, pubmed-meshheading:10837485-Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, pubmed-meshheading:10837485-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:10837485-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:10837485-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:10837485-Fibrinogen, pubmed-meshheading:10837485-Fibrinopeptide B, pubmed-meshheading:10837485-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10837485-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:10837485-Microscopy, Electron, Scanning, pubmed-meshheading:10837485-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:10837485-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:10837485-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:10837485-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10837485-Substrate Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:10837485-Thrombin, pubmed-meshheading:10837485-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Recombinant fibrinogen studies reveal that thrombin specificity dictates order of fibrinopeptide release.
pubmed:affiliation
Departments of Chemistry and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7525, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.