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SUBMITTER: Vomund AN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2781492 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vomund Anthony N AN Majerus Elaine M EM
The Journal of biological chemistry 20090903 45
ADAMTS13 is a plasma metalloprotease that cleaves ultralarge von Willebrand factor multimers to generate less thrombogenic fragments. Although this cleavage can occur at the surface of endothelial cells, it is currently unknown whether this process involves binding of the ADAMTS13 to the endothelial cell plasma membrane. Using different assay systems, we present evidence that ADAMTS13 binds to endothelial cells in a specific, reversible, and time-dependent manner with a K(d) of 58 nm. This bindi ...[more]