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High-resolution NMR studies of fibrinogen-like peptides in solution: Interaction of thrombin with residues 1-23 of the A. alpha. chain of human fibrinogen

Journal Article · · Biochemistry; (USA)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/bi00433a052· OSTI ID:5671941

The interaction of the following human fibrinogen-like peptides with bovine thrombin was studied by use of one- and two-dimensional NMR techniques in aqueous solution: Ala(1)-Asp-Ser-Gly-Glu-Gly-Asp-Phe(8)-Leu-Ala-Glu-Gly-Gly-Gly-Val-Arg(16)-Gly(17)-Pro-Arg(19)-Val(20)-Val-Glu-Arg (F10), residues 1-16 of F10 (fibrinopeptide A), residues 17-23 of F10 (F12), residues 1-20 of F10 (F13), residues 6-20 of F10 with Arg(16) replaces by a Gly residue (F14), and residues 6-19 of F10 with Arg(16) replaced by a Leu residue (F15). At pH 5.3 and 25{degree}C, the Arg(16)-Gly(17) peptide bonds of both peptides F10 and F13 were cleaved instantaneously in the presence of 0.6 mM thrombin, whereas the cleavage of the Arg(19)-Val(20) peptide bonds in peptides F12, F13, and F14 took over 1 h for completion. On the basis of observations of line broadening, fibrinopeptide A was found to bind to thrombin. While resonances from residues Ala(1)-Glu(5) were little affected, binding of fibrinopeptide A to thrombin caused significant line broadening of NH and side-chain proton resonances within residues Asp(7)-Arg(16). Peptides with Arg(16) replaced by Gly and Leu, respectively, i.e.; F14 and F15, were also found to bind to thrombin but with a different conformation, as indicated by the absence of the long-range NOEs observed with fibrinopeptide A. Residues Asp(7)-Arg(16) constitute an essential structural element in the interaction of thrombin with fibrinogen.

OSTI ID:
5671941
Journal Information:
Biochemistry; (USA), Journal Name: Biochemistry; (USA) Vol. 28:7; ISSN 0006-2960; ISSN BICHA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English