Mechanism of action of thrombin on fibrinogen. Direct evidence for the involvement of phenylalanine at position P9
- 1 November 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Biochemistry
- Vol. 21 (24), 6167-6171
- https://doi.org/10.1021/bi00267a022
Abstract
The following peptides were synthesized by classical methods in solution: Ac[acetyl]-Phe-Leu-Ala-Glu-Gly-Gly-Gly-Val-Arg-Gly-Pro-NHCH3 (F-6) and Ac-Leu-Ala-Glu-Gly-Gly-Gly-Val-Arg-Gly-Pro-NHCH3 (F-7). The rates of hydrolysis of the Arg-Gly bond in these peptides by [human] thrombin were measured and the rate for the Phe -containing peptide F-6 was much larger than that for F-7. The importance of Phe-Leu at positions P9-P8 of the A.alpha. chain of fibrinogen for the thrombin-fibrinogen interaction was previously demonstrated. The presence of Leu (P8) alone is insufficient to account for the enhanced hydrolysis rates, and the presence of Phe (P9) is essential for normal action of thrombin on the A.alpha. chain of fibrinogen.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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