Localization of a fibrin gamma-chain polymerization site within segment Thr-374 to Glu-396 of human fibrinogen.
AUTOR(ES)
Horwitz, B H
RESUMO
Fibrinogen fragment D1 was converted to fragment D3 by plasmic digestion. This conversion eliminates the ability of the fragment to interact with thrombin-exposed sites on fibrin monomer. Peptides released during this plasmic digestion were assayed for the presence of a polymerization site by affinity chromatography on fibrin monomer-Sepharose. We found that a 33-residue peptide, corresponding to gamma-chain Thr-374 to Lys-406, binds to immobilized fibrin monomer. This peptide is a shorter variant of a previously isolated 38-residue peptide (gamma-chain Thr-374 to Val-411) that contains a polymerization site [Olexa, S. A. & Budzynski, A. Z. (1981) J. Biol. Chem. 256, 3544-3549]. The peptide mixture derived from fragment D1 was digested further with Staphylococcus aureus protease V8, and a 23-residue peptide, gamma-chain Thr-374 to Glu-396, carrying a polymerization site, was isolated by affinity chromatography. This 23-residue peptide inhibits the polymerization of desA-fibrinogen. We conclude that a polymerization site complementary to the site exposed by removal of fibrinopeptide A is present in this segment. The localization of the polymerization site within the gamma-chain segment 374-396 implies that the polymerization site does not overlap with segments of the gamma-chain that are responsible for platelet aggregation and for Staphylococcus clumping (residues 400-411 and 397-411, respectively) or with the residues involved in factor XIIIa-catalyzed fibrin crosslinking (Gln-398 and Lys-406).
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