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Tissue-type plasminogen activator and its substrate Glu-plasminogen share common binding sites in limited plasmin-digested fibrin.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 15 Aug 1990
de Vries C, Veerman H, Koornneef E, Pannekoek H
Abstract excerpt
The enzyme tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) and its substrate Glu-plasminogen can both bind to fibrin. The assembly of these three components results in about a 1000-fold acceleration of the conversion of Glu-plasminogen into plasmin. Fibrin binding of t-PA is mediated both by its finger (F) domain and its kringle-2 domain. Fibrin binding of Glu-plasminogen involves its kringle structures (K1-K5). It has...
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