Article
Structures of importance for the stability of antiplasmin as studied by site-directed mutagenesis.
Thrombosis research - 1 Jan 2006
Wang Haiyao, Pap Sarolta, Wiman Björn
Abstract excerpt
Human antiplasmin, a fast-acting inhibitor of plasmin in plasma, belongs to the serpin super-family of proteins. Like other members of this family, antiplasmin has a scissile peptide bond exposed within a reactive centre loop, typically present at the surface of the molecule. Antiplasmin is stable at neutral pH, but at acidic pH or at elevated temperatures it rapidly becomes inactivated. Data regarding "native"...
Topics
- Animals
- Antifibrinolytic Agents
- Cell Line
- DNA, Complementary
- Drosophila
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
- Models, Molecular
- Mutagenesis
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Mutation
- Polymers
- Protein Conformation
- Protein Structure, Secondary
- Reproducibility of Results
- Serpins
