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Stabilization of the E* form turns thrombin into an anticoagulant.


ABSTRACT: Previous studies have shown that deletion of nine residues in the autolysis loop of thrombin produces a mutant with an anticoagulant propensity of potential clinical relevance, but the molecular origin of the effect has remained unresolved. The x-ray crystal structure of this mutant solved in the free form at 1.55 A resolution reveals an inactive conformation that is practically identical (root mean square deviation of 0.154 A) to the recently identified E* form. The side chain of Trp(215) collapses into the active site by shifting > 10 A from its position in the active E form, and the oxyanion hole is disrupted by a flip of the Glu(192)-Gly(193) peptide bond. This finding confirms the existence of the inactive form E* in essentially the same incarnation as first identified in the structure of the thrombin mutant D102N. In addition, it demonstrates that the anticoagulant profile often caused by a mutation of the thrombin scaffold finds its likely molecular origin in the stabilization of the inactive E* form that is selectively shifted to the active E form upon thrombomodulin and protein C binding.

SUBMITTER: Bah A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2740429 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Stabilization of the E* form turns thrombin into an anticoagulant.

Bah Alaji A   Carrell Christopher J CJ   Chen Zhiwei Z   Gandhi Prafull S PS   Di Cera Enrico E  

The Journal of biological chemistry 20090527 30


Previous studies have shown that deletion of nine residues in the autolysis loop of thrombin produces a mutant with an anticoagulant propensity of potential clinical relevance, but the molecular origin of the effect has remained unresolved. The x-ray crystal structure of this mutant solved in the free form at 1.55 A resolution reveals an inactive conformation that is practically identical (root mean square deviation of 0.154 A) to the recently identified E* form. The side chain of Trp(215) colla  ...[more]

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