Abstract
Thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) is a human plasma zymogen that provides a molecular connection between coagulation and fibrinolysis. TAFI is activated through proteolytic cleavage by thrombin, thrombin in complex with the endothelial cell cofactor thrombomodulin (TM) or plasmin. Evidence from several studies suggests that TM and TAFI make direct contact at sites remote from the activating cleavage site to facilitate acceleration of thrombin-mediated TAFI activation. The elements of TAFI structure that allow accelerated activation of thrombin by TM are incompletely defined. To identify TM interaction regions on TAFI that mediate acceleration of activation by thrombin and therefore indicate TM binding sites on TAFI. We mutated selected surface-exposed charged residues on TAFI to alanine in order to identify sites that mediate acceleration of activation by TM. The kinetics of activation of the mutants by thrombin in the presence or absence of TM, as well as their thermal stabilities and antifibrinolytic potentials, were determined. TAFI variants R15A, E28A, K59A, D75A/E77A/D78A, E99A and E106A all exhibited moderately reduced catalytic efficiencies of activation by thrombin-TM. TAFI variants R377A and, particula...Continue Reading
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