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SUBMITTER: Bowley SR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5321760 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bowley Sheryl R SR Fang Chao C Merrill-Skoloff Glenn G Furie Barbara C BC Furie Bruce B
Nature communications 20170220
Protein disulfide isomerase (PDI), secreted by platelets and endothelial cells on vascular injury, is required for thrombus formation. Using PDI variants that form mixed disulfide complexes with their substrates, we identify by kinetic trapping multiple substrate proteins, including vitronectin. Plasma vitronectin does not bind to αvβ3 or αIIbβ3 integrins on endothelial cells and platelets. The released PDI reduces disulfide bonds on plasma vitronectin, enabling vitronectin to bind to αVβ3 and α ...[more]