Conformation of the von Willebrand factor/factor VIII complex in quasi-static flow.
Conformation of the von Willebrand factor/factor VIII complex in quasi-static flow.
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10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100420
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2021-01
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Lollar P
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Parker ET;Lollar P
Von Willebrand factor (VWF) is a plasma glycoprotein that circulates noncovalently bound to blood coagulation factor VIII (fVIII). VWF is a population of multimers composed of a variable number of ∼280 kDa monomers that is activated in shear flow to bind collagen and platelet glycoprotein Ibα. Electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, small-angle neutron scattering, and theoretical studies have produced a model in which the conformation of VWF under static conditions is a compact, globular “ball-of-yarn,” implying strong, attractive forces between monomers. We performed sedimentation velocity (SV) analytical ultracentrifugation measurements on unfractionated VWF/fVIII complexes. There was a 20% per mg/ml decrease in the weight-average sedimentation coefficient, sw, in contrast to the ∼1% per mg/ml decrease observed for compact globular proteins. SV and dynamic light scattering measurements were performed on VWF/fVIII complexes fractionated by size-exclusion chromatography to obtain sw values and z-average diffusion coefficients, Dz. Molecular weights estimated using these values in the Svedberg equation ranged from 1.7 to 4.1 MDa. Frictional ratios calculated from Dz and molecular weights ranged from 2.9 to 3.4, in contrast to values of 1.1–1.3 observed for globular proteins. The Mark–Houwink–Kuhn–Sakurada scaling relationships between sw, Dz and molecular weight, and , yielded estimates of 0.51 and –0.49 for as and aD, respectively, consistent with a random coil, in contrast to the as value of 0.65 observed for globular proteins. These results indicate that interactions between monomers are weak or nonexistent and that activation of VWF is intramonomeric.
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