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The ADAMTS13 metalloprotease domain: roles of subsites in enzyme activity and specificity.
Blood - 21 Oct 2010
de Groot Rens, Lane David A, Crawley James T B
Abstract excerpt
ADAMTS13 modulates von Willebrand factor (VWF) platelet-tethering function by proteolysis of the Tyr1605-Met1606 bond in the VWF A2 domain. To examine the role of the metalloprotease domain of ADAMTS13 in scissile bond specificity, we identified 3 variable regions (VR1, -2, and -3) in the ADAMTS family metalloprotease domain that flank the active site, which might be important for specificity. Eight composite...
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