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9531293

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-4-21
pubmed:abstractText
Complement factor H (fH) regulates activation of the alternative pathway of C, reducing the amount of C3b deposited on sialic acid-rich surfaces. Heparin binding has been used as a model for examining the sialic acid-binding characteristics of fH. We have previously shown that of the 20 short consensus repeat (SCR) modules of fH, SCR 7 contains an important heparin binding site, but other SCRs also play a role in heparin binding. To localize the other sites, we prepared recombinant truncated and SCR deletion mutants of fH and tested them by heparin-agarose affinity chromatography. The 5 C-terminal SCRs were found to contain a heparin binding site as an SCR 7 deletion mutant of the N terminal 15 SCRs did not bind heparin, but a construct consisting of SCRs 16-20 was shown to bind heparin. Double deletion of SCRs 7 and 20 from fH abrogated binding to heparin, indicating that SCR 20 contains a heparin binding site. This finding was confirmed with the observation that attachment of SCR 20 to a group of nonbinding SCRs produced a heparin-binding protein. A protein consisting of SCRs 19 and 20 did not bind heparin, whereas SCRs 18-20 did, indicating that, although SCR 20 contains a heparin binding site, at least two nonspecific adjacent SCRs are required. fH-related protein-3 (FHR-3) possesses an SCR homologous to SCR 7 of fH and bound heparin, whereas FHR-4, which lacks such an SCR, did not. Thus, fH contains two separate heparin binding sites, which are located in SCRs 7 and 20.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
160
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3342-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-5-20
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification of the second heparin-binding domain in human complement factor H.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia. tim.blackmore@flinders.edu.au
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't