Protein Science, Vol 7, Issue 2 349-357, Copyright © 1998 by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

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Reactivities of the S2 and S3 subsite residues of thrombin with the native and heparin-induced conformers of antithrombin

A. R. REZAIE
Cardiovascular Biology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104

A pentasaccharide (PS) fragment of heparin capable of activating antithrombin (AT) markedly accelerates the inhibition of factor Xa by AT, but has insignificant effect on inhibition of thrombin. For inhibition of thrombin, the bridging function of a longer polysaccharide chain is required to accelerate the reaction. To study the basis for the similar reactivity of thrombin with the native or heparin-activated conformers of AT, several residues surrounding the active site pocket of thrombin were targeted for mutagenesis study. Leu99 and Glu192, the variant residues influencing the S2 and S3 subsite specificity of thrombin were replaced with Tyr and Gln. The Tyr60a, Pro60b, Pro60c, and Trp60d residues forming part of the S2 specificity pocket were deleted from the B-insertion loop of the wild-type and Leu99/Glu192->Tyr/Gln thrombins. Kinetic studies indicated that the reactivities of all mutants with AT were moderately or severely impaired. Although heparin largely corrected the defect in reactivities, it also markedly elevated the stoichiometries of inhibition with the mutants. Interestingly, PS also accelerated AT inhibition of the mutants 5-68-fold, suggesting that the mutants are able to discriminate between the native and activated conformers of AT. Based on these results and the recent crystal structure determination of AT in complex with PS, a model for thrombin-AT interaction is proposed in which the S2 and S3 subsite residues of thrombin are critical for recognition of the P2 and P3 residues of AT in the native conformation. In the activated conformation, other residues are made accessible for interaction with the protease, and the similar reactivity of thrombin with the native and heparin-activated conformers of AT may be coincidental. The results further suggest that the S2 and S3 subsite residues are crucial in controlling the partitioning of the thrombin-AT intermediate into the alternative inhibitory or substrate pathways of the reaction.
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