High affinity binding of thrombin to platelets. Inhibition by tetranitromethane and heparin |
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Authors: | Erwin F. Workman Gilbert C. White Roger L. Lundblad |
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Affiliation: | Dental Research Center and the Departments of Pathology, Medicine and Biochemistry University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514 USA |
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Abstract: | [125I] iodo-α-thrombin has been modified at the macromolecular substrate binding site in order to study the importance of this region in the platelet-thrombin interaction. Modification was effected by the nitration of tyrosine residues with tetranitromethane. This chemical modification abolished the ability of the enzyme to bind with a high affinity to the platelet surface but did not significantly alter low affinity binding. The presence of heparin was also found to inhibit high affinity binding. These results indicate that the high affinity binding site interacts with the fibrinogen binding region of the thrombin molecule and suggests that there are two distinct classes of binding sites for thrombin on the platelet membrane. |
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