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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-8-27
pubmed:abstractText
The kinetic behaviour of human thrombin has been studied with 26 tripeptidyl-p-nitroanilide substrates protected at the N terminus and with 9 unprotected ones. By the regression analysis of experimentally determined 1/Km, kcat and kcat/Km values the individual contribution of each side chain of the various substrates to the kinetic parameters was calculated. The contributions to the kinetic parameters of the best substrates provide information about the structure of the binding site. The interaction of subsites S1 and P1, which determines primary specificity, proved to be marginal on the basis of contribution values, though it depends upon this contact whether the substrate is hydrolyzed at all. At subsite S2 proline appeared to be favourable. Subsite S3 plays an important role in efficiency. The best parameters were obtained here with the D configurations of bulky amino acid residues. The aromatic protecting groups applied did not improve the properties of substrates. BZDPhe-Pro-Arg-Nan was predicted by calculation to be better than the protected substrates assayed. The compound was synthesized and tested. Its experimentally determined 1/Km, 55.1 mM-1, was in good agreement with 50.9 mM-1 found by calculation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0014-2956
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
115
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
491-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-7-23
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
Study of the specificity of thrombin with tripeptidyl-p-nitroanilide substrates.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't