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Thrombin hydrolysis of human osteopontin is dependent on thrombin anion-binding exosites.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 27 Jun 2008
Myles Timothy, Leung Lawrence L K
Abstract excerpt
The cytokine osteopontin (OPN) can be hydrolyzed by thrombin exposing a cryptic alpha(4)beta(1)/alpha(9)beta(1) integrin-binding motif (SVVYGLR), thereby acting as a potent cytokine for cells bearing these activated integrins. We show that purified milk OPN is a substrate for thrombin with a k(cat)/K(m) value of 1.14 x 10(5) m(-1) s(-1). Thrombin cleavage of OPN was inhibited by unsulfated hirugen (IC(50) = 1.2...
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