Article
Alteration of serpin specificity by a protein cofactor. Vitronectin endows plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 with thrombin inhibitory properties.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 5 Aug 1990
Ehrlich H J, Gebbink R K, Keijer J, Linders M, Preissner K T, Pannekoek H
Abstract excerpt
Serine protease inhibitors ("serpins") are highly homologous proteins which inhibit selected "target" serine proteases by acting as a pseudo-substrate. Their specificity is primarily determined by the amino acid sequence around the carboxyl-terminally located reactive center (P1-P1'). In addition, the association rate constant between a serpin and a serine protease can be dramatically increased by non-protein...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Antithrombin III
- Base Sequence
- Cloning, Molecular
- Escherichia coli
- Genetic Vectors
- Glycoproteins
- Humans
- Kinetics
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
