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Inhibitory properties of human recombinant Arg24-->Gln type-2 tissue factor pathway inhibitor (R24Q TFPI-2).

Human type-2 tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI-2), also known as placental protein 5, is a 32-kDa serine proteinase inhibitor consisting of three tandemly arranged Kunitz-type domains homologous to tissue factor pathway inhibitor. TFPI-2 inhibits a variety of serine proteinases involved in coagulation and fibrinolysis through an arginine residue (R24) in its first Kunitz-type domain, which constitutes a putative P1 residue for the substrate recognition sites of these proteinases. As recent studies have shown that this P1 residue to be a glutamine in murine TFPI-2, we constructed, expressed, and purified a human TFPI-2 mutant with glutamine substituted for arginine at position 24 (R24Q TFPI-2). R24Q TFPI-2 lost approximately 90% of its inhibitory activity towards bovine trypsin and virtually all inhibitory activity towards human plasmin and the factor VIIa-tissue factor complex, emphasizing the importance of the P1 Arg24 residue in the inhibition of these serine proteinases. However, whereas wild-type TFPI-2 is a relatively weak inhibitor of human factor Xa amidolytic activity (IC50 approximately 1 microM), R24Q TFPI-2 exhibited enhanced inhibitory activity towards the amidolytic and coagulant activities of this proteinase with a Ki of 18 nM. While the molecular basis for the enhanced inhibition of human factor Xa by R24Q TFPI-2 is unknown, these data provide suggestive evidence that murine TFPI-2 may function as a serine proteinase inhibitor in spite of the absence of a P1 Arg or Lys residue.[1]

References

  1. Inhibitory properties of human recombinant Arg24-->Gln type-2 tissue factor pathway inhibitor (R24Q TFPI-2). Kamei, S., Petersen, L.C., Sprecher, C.A., Foster, D.C., Kisiel, W. Thromb. Res. (1999) [Pubmed]
 
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