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  • Title: Occupancy of anion binding exosite 2 on thrombin determines Ca2+ dependence of protein C activation.
    Author: Liu LW, Rezaie AR, Carson CW, Esmon NL, Esmon CT.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1994 Apr 22; 269(16):11807-12. PubMed ID: 8163479.
    Abstract:
    Thrombomodulin (TM) binds thrombin to form a complex that activates the plasma anticoagulant zymogen protein C. TM is an integral membrane glycoprotein that contains a chondroitin sulfate moiety. Interaction with thrombin involves both the protein component of TM, specifically the growth factor-like repeats 4-6 (TM 4-6), and chondroitin sulfate. Removal of chondroitin sulfate decreases the affinity for thrombin approximately 10-fold and shifts the Ca2+ dependence of protein C activation from simple saturation at > or = 500 microM Ca2+ to a distinct optimum at approximately 100 microM Ca2+. Thrombin possesses two regions of high positive charge, anion binding exosites 1 and 2. Anion binding exosite 1 interacts with the growth factor region of TM while exosite 2 is involved in binding prothrombin activation fragment 2 or heparin. We demonstrate that recombinant TM, truncated at the membrane-spanning domain, or TM 4-6 can bind thrombin when fragment 2 is present either covalently attached (meizothrombin des-fragment 1) or in reversible association. With meizothrombin des-fragment 1, the Ca2+ dependence of protein C activation is independent of the presence of the chondroitin sulfate on TM. At 0.27 mM Ca2+, TM containing chondroitin sulfate binds thrombin (Kd(app) = 0.3 nM) approximately 45 times tighter than meizothrombin des-fragment 1 (Kd(app) = 14 nM). However, the chondroitin-free form binds thrombin (Kd(app) = 2.4 nM) only approximately 4 times tighter than meizothrombin des-fragment 1 (Kd(app) = 9.4 nM). These studies suggest that occupancy of anion binding exosite 2 by either chondroitin sulfate or fragment 2 alters thrombin conformation resulting in the altered Ca2+ dependence of protein C activation.
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