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Exosite interactions contribute to tension-induced cleavage of von Willebrand factor by the antithrombotic ADAMTS13 metalloprotease.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 12 Dec 2006
Gao Weiqiang, Anderson Patricia J, Majerus Elaine M, Tuley Elodee A, Sadler J Evan
Abstract excerpt
Von Willebrand factor (VWF) is a multimeric protein that mediates platelet adhesion at sites of vascular injury, and ADAMTS13 (a disintegrin and metalloprotease with thrombospondin)is a multidomain metalloprotease that limits platelet adhesion by a feedback mechanism in which fluid shear stress induces proteolysis of VWF and prevents disseminated microvascular thrombosis. Cleavage of the Tyr(1605)-Met(1606)...
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