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  • Title: The hydrophobic nature of residue-5 of human protein C is a major determinant of its functional interactions with acidic phospholipid vesicles.
    Author: Jalbert LR, Chan JC, Christiansen WT, Castellino FJ.
    Journal: Biochemistry; 1996 Jun 04; 35(22):7093-9. PubMed ID: 8679535.
    Abstract:
    We have previously proposed that a cluster of surface-exposed hydrophobic amino acids, viz., F4, L5, and L8, present at the amino-terminus of the Ca(2+)-bound form of gamma-carboxyglutamic acid domain (GD) of human protein C (PC), contributes a substantial portion of the total functional binding energy of PC and its activated form, APC, to acidic phospholipid (PL) vesicles. A deeper understanding of the importance of the hydrophobic nature of sequence position 5, and the particular relevance of leucine at that location, was sought by examination of the properties of a series of mutant proteins containing A5, V5, I5, and W5 as replacements for L5 in recombinant (r)-PC and APC. The Ca(2+)- and PL-dependent plasma-based anticoagulant activities of [L5A]r-APC, [L5V]r-APC, [L5I]r-APC, and [L5W]r-APC were determined to be approximately 28%, 51%, 98%, and 105%, respectively, of that of wild-type r-APC. A similar trend in activities of the mutant enzymes was observed in in vitro factor V/Va and factor VIII/VIIIa inactivation assays. Apparently normal Ca(2+)-dependent conformations were adopted by each of the mutant proteins, but the Ca(2+)-bound form of [L5A]r-PC was relatively the most defective of the mutants in its binding to PL. These results confirm the importance of the hydrophobic character at sequence position 5 as critical to the functional binding of PC to PL.
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