Reaction of human alpha 2-macroglobulin half-molecules with plasmin as a probe of protease binding site structure.
Reaction of human alpha 2-macroglobulin half-molecules with plasmin as a probe of protease binding site structure.
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人α2-巨球蛋白半分子与纤溶酶的反应作为蛋白酶结合位点结构的探针。
DOI:
10.1021/bi00290a009
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发表时间:
1983
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Pizzo,SV
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作者:
Gonias,SL;Pizzo,SV
Steven L. Goniasand Salvatore V. Pizzo* abstract: Human a2-macroglobulin (a2M) half-molecules were prepared by limited reductionand alkylation of the native protein. Reaction with plasmin resulted in nearly quantitative cleavage of the half-molecule Mr~180000 subunits into Mr~ 90000 fragments. Subunit cleavage was significantly less complete when plasmin was reacted with a2Mwhole mole-cules. The plasmin and trypsin binding capacities of the two forms of a2M were compared by using radioiodinated pro-teases. a2M half-molecules bound an equivalent number of moles of plasmin or trypsin. Native unreduced a2M bound only half as much plasmin as trypsin. These data are consistent with the hypothesis that the two protease binding sites are adjacent in native a2M. a2M half-molecule-plasmin com-plexes reassociated less readily than half-molecule-trypsin complexes, supporting thisinterpretation. The frequency of covalent bond formation between plasmin and a2M was con-siderably higher than that previously observed with other proteases. Approximately 80-90% of the plasmin that reacted with a2M whole molecules or half-molecules became covalently bound. The reactivities of purified a2M-plasmin complexes were compared with small and large substrates. Equivalent fccat/^ m values were determined at 22 C for the hydrolysis of HD-Val-Leu-Lys-p-nitroanilidedihydrochloride by whole molecule-plasmin complex and half-molecule-plasmin complex (40 mM-1 s’1 and 39 mM-1 s-1, respectively, compared with 66 mM-1 s'1 determined for free plasmin). Complexes of plasmin and the two different forms of a2M digested fibrinogen at comparable rates (slowly compared with free plasmin); however, thehalf-molecule-plasmin complex demonstrated increased reactivity with soybean trypsin inhibitor. a2M half-molecule-plasmin complex cleared rapidly from the cir-culation of mice, reflecting receptor binding and endocytosis. e plasma protease inhibitor human a2-macroglobulin (a2M) is composed of fourequivalent Mr~ 180 000 poly-peptide chains that are associated into pairs by disulfide bonds t From the Departments of Pathology and Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710. Received April 6, 1983. This work was supported by National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Grant HL24066. SLG is a recipient of a Medical Scientist Training Program Award, National Institute of General Medical Sci-ences (GM-07171). and whole molecules by strong noncovalent interactions (Swenson & Howard, 1979a; Harpel, 1973; Hall & Roberts, 1978). Each mole of tetramerica2M can bind up to 2 mol of a-chymotrypsin or trypsin (Barrett et al., 1979; Swenson & Howard, 1979a; Pochon et al., 1978), but only 1 mol of plasmin (Ganrot, 1967a; Gonias et al., 1982a; Pochon et al., 1978) or 1 mol of a synthetic a-chymotrypsin dimer (Pochon et al., 1981). This variation in molar binding ratios may be explained by a model of a2M structure that includestwo