3-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF A TRANSGLUTAMINASE - HUMAN BLOOD-COAGULATION FACTOR-XIII
3-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF A TRANSGLUTAMINASE - HUMAN BLOOD-COAGULATION FACTOR-XIII
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.91.15.7296
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发表时间:
1994-07-19
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
TELLER, DC
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作者:
YEE, VC;PEDERSEN, LC;TELLER, DC
Mechanical stability in many biological materials is provided by the crosslinking of large structural proteins with gamma-glutamyl-epsilon-lysyl amide bonds. The three-dimensional structure of human recombinant factor XIII (EC 2.3.2.13 zymogen; protein-glutamine:amine gamma-glutamyltransferase a chain), a transglutaminase zymogen, has been solved at 2.8-Angstrom resolution by x-ray crystallography. This structure shows that each chain of the homodimeric protein is folded into four sequential domains. A catalytic triad reminiscent of that observed in cysteine proteases has been identified in the core domain. The amino-terminal activation peptide of each subunit crosses the diner interface and partially occludes the opening of the catalytic cavity in the second submit, preventing substrate binding to the zymogen. A proposal for the mechanism of activation by thrombin and calcium is made that details the structural events leading to active factor XIIIa'.