Hirudin: amino-terminal residues play a major role in the interaction with thrombin.

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Amino acid substitutions within the amino-terminal 5 residues of the thrombin-specific inhibitor hirudin dramatically alter its ability to inhibit the thrombin-catalyzed hydrolysis of both a chromogenic substrate and fibrinogen. Replacing the highly conserved Tyr-3 residue with Trp or Phe increases hirudin's affinity for thrombin 3-6-fold (decreases the inhibition constant, Ki) whereas Thr results in a 450-fold...

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