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Conformational activation of antithrombin by heparin involves an altered exosite interaction with protease.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 5 Dec 2014
Izaguirre Gonzalo, Aguila Sonia, Qi Lixin, Swanson Richard, Roth Ryan, Rezaie Alireza R, Gettins Peter G W, Olson Steven T
Abstract excerpt
Heparin allosterically activates antithrombin as an inhibitor of factors Xa and IXa by enhancing the initial Michaelis complex interaction of inhibitor with protease through exosites. Here, we investigate the mechanism of this enhancement by analyzing the effects of alanine mutations of six putative antithrombin exosite residues and three complementary protease exosite residues on antithrombin reactivity with...
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