Release of fibrinopeptides by the slow and fast forms of thrombin.
Release of fibrinopeptides by the slow and fast forms of thrombin.
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通过慢速和快速形式的凝血酶释放纤维蛋白肽。
DOI:
10.1021/bi952834d
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发表时间:
1996
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DiCera,E
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作者:
Vindigni,A;DiCera,E
The release of fibrinopeptides A and B by the slow and fast forms of thrombin was studied over the temperature range from 5 to 45 °C and the salt concentration range from 100 to 800 mM. The sequential mechanism for the release of fibrinopeptides originally proposed by Shafer was found to be obeyed under all conditions examined. The origin of preferential binding of fibrinogen and fibrin I to the fast form of thrombin in the transition state is in the second-order rate constant for association,k1. In the case of fibrinogen, the values ofk1for interaction with the fast and slow forms at 25 °C are 19 ± 4 and 2.5 ± 0.3 μM-1s-1, with an activation energy of about 10 kcal/mol in both forms. In the case of fibrin I, the analogous values ofk1are 9.1 ± 0.7 and 2.5 ± 0.2 μM-1s-1, and the activation energy is about 4.5 kcal/mol in both forms. The mechanism of recognition of fibrinogen and fibrin I by thrombin entails a diffusion-controlled step with a small energy barrier. Analysis of the temperature dependence of the coupling free energy for allosteric switching indicates that the preferential interaction of fibrinogen and fibrin I with the fast form of thrombin in the transition state is entropy-driven, signaling a contribution of the hydrophobic effect to the slow → fast transition. The salt dependence of the release of fibrinopeptides shows a constant coefficient Γsalt= d ln(kcat/Km)/d ln [salt] in the concentration range examined. Interestingly, the value of Γsaltis independent of the salt used (NaCl, ChCl, or NaF) and is −1.5 ± 0.1 for fibrinopeptide A and −2.5 ± 0.1 for fibrinopeptide B. Hence, Γsaltreflects predominantly the electrostatic contribution to the formation of the transition state, with a larger contribution seen in the interaction of thrombin with fibrin I. It is concluded that the interaction of thrombin with fibrinogen and fibrin I, leading to the release of fibrinopeptides A and B, is driven by electrostatic forces that presumably favor the correct preorientation of the enzyme and the substrate to form a productive complex in the transition state. This electrostatic-steering effect, also reported for thrombin−hirudin interaction, leads to a diffusion-controlled encounter with a very small energy barrier. Once the complex is formed, the enzyme switches to the fast form as a result of entropic factors presumably linked to water release from a more extended surface of recognition. While the release of fibrinopeptides as a function of salt concentration was being studied, an important observation was made on the role of Cl-in the formation of the fibrin clot. This anion drastically and specifically reduces the thickness of fibrin fibers, as judged by the 10-fold decrease in the equilibrium turbidity of clots developed in NaCl as compared to the turbidity of clots developed in NaF. Hence, the transition from a “coarse” to a “fine” clot induced by an increase in ionic strength as first described by Ferry is, instead, due to the specific binding of Cl-to intermediates in the ensuing polymerization. In fact, no change in the clotting curve is observed when the ionic strength is changed with NaF.