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Structural differences between active forms of plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 revealed by conformationally sensitive ligands.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 27 Jun 2008
Li Shih-Hon, Gorlatova Natalia V, Lawrence Daniel A, Schwartz Bradford S
Abstract excerpt
Plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 (PAI-1) is a serine protease inhibitor (serpin) in which the reactive center loop (RCL) spontaneously inserts into a central beta-sheet, beta-sheet A, resulting in inactive inhibitor. Available x-ray crystallographic studies of PAI-1 in an active conformation relied on the use of stabilizing mutations. Recently it has become evident that these structural models do not...
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