The shape of thrombomodulin and interactions with thrombin as determined by electron microscopy.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
J W WeiselD R Light

Abstract

Studies have been carried out to investigate aspects of the structure of thrombomodulin, an endothelial cell glycoprotein that binds thrombin and accelerates both the thrombin-dependent activation of protein C and the inhibition of antithrombin III. We have determined the shape of SolulinTM, a soluble recombinant form of human thrombomodulin missing the transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains, by electron microscopy of preparations rotary-shadowed with tungsten. Solulin appears to be an elongated molecule about 20 nm long that has a large nodule at one end and a smaller nodule near the other end from which extends a thin strand. About half of the molecules form bipolar dimers apparently via interactions between these thin strands. Electron microscopy of complexes formed between Solulin and human alpha-thrombin revealed that a single thrombin molecule appears to bind to the smaller nodule of Solulin, suggesting that this region contains the epidermal growth factor-like domains 5 and 6. Epidermal growth factor-like domains 1-4 comprise the connector between the small and large nodule, which is the lectin-like domain; the thin strand at the other end of the molecule is the carbohydrate-rich region. With chondroitin sulfate-containin...Continue Reading

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