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Conversion of low-affinity platelet factor 4 to beta-thromboglobulin by plasmin and trypsin
Authors:J C Holt  S Niewiarowski
Abstract:Low-affinity platelet factor 4 and beta-thromboglobulin are platelet-secreted proteins that bind with low affinity to heparin. They show extensive immunological cross-reactivity and appear to differ in amino acid sequence only by an amino-terminal peptide unique to low-affinity platelet factor 4. The possibility that beta-thromboglobulin is derived from low-affinity platelet factor 4 by proteolysis was investigated by exposing this protein to the action of plasmin, thrombin and trypsin. While thrombin had no effect, plasmin and trypsin converted low-affinity platelet factor 4 to a species with the same electrophoretic mobility and isoelectric point as beta-thromboglobulin. We conclude that beta-thromboglobulin is a breakdown product of low-affinity platelet factor 4.
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