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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
47
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-8
pubmed:abstractText
Full-length and truncated forms of rat thrombospondin-4 (TSP-4) were expressed recombinantly in a mammalian cell line and purified to homogeneity. Biochemical analysis revealed a limited proteolytic processing, which detaches the N-terminal heparin-binding domain from the rest of the molecule and confirmed the importance of the heptad-repeat domain for pentamerization. In electron microscopy the uncleaved TSP-4 was seen as a large central particle to which five smaller globules are attached by elongated linker regions. Binding of TSP-4 to collagens and to non-collagenous proteins could be detected in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay-style ligand binding assays, by surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy, and in rotary shadowing electron microscopy. Although the binding of TSP-4 to solid-phase collagens was enhanced by Zn(2+), that to non-collagenous proteins was not. The interactions of TSP-4 with both classes of proteins are mediated by C-terminal domains of the TSP-4 subunits but do not require an oligomeric structure. Major binding sites for TSP-4 are located in or close to the N- and C-terminal telopeptides in collagen I, but additional sites are detected in more central regions of the molecule.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
24
pubmed:volume
275
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
37110-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10956668-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10956668-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10956668-Biosensing Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:10956668-Cell Adhesion Molecules, pubmed-meshheading:10956668-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:10956668-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:10956668-Collagen, pubmed-meshheading:10956668-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:10956668-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:10956668-Extracellular Matrix Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10956668-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10956668-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:10956668-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10956668-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10956668-Skin, pubmed-meshheading:10956668-Structure-Activity Relationship, pubmed-meshheading:10956668-Thrombospondins, pubmed-meshheading:10956668-Zinc
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Thrombospondin-4 binds specifically to both collagenous and non-collagenous extracellular matrix proteins via its C-terminal domains.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute for Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Strasse 52, Cologne D-50931, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't