title: Binding of one-chain tissue-type plasminogen activator to fibrin, partially plasmin-degraded fibrin, lysine and heparin.
abstract: Tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) binds to heparin with an association constant of 2.4 x 10(4) l/mol at pH 7.4. The binding increases at lower pH-values and reaches maximal values below pH 6.0. Sodium chloride above 0.5 mol/l abolishes t-PA binding to heparin at neutral pH. t-PA binds to lysine maximally at pH 6 to pH 9. At neutral pH the association constant is 1.8 x 10(5) l/mol. Sodium chloride concentrations of 1 mol/l reduce interaction of the enzyme to lysine by about 60% at pH 7.4. Binding of t-PA to fibrin and to partially plasmin-degraded fibrin takes place maximally at pH 6 to 9. The interaction of t-PA with plasmin-degraded fibrin is less sensitive to addition of lysine than the interaction of t-PA and fibrin. Sodium chloride concentrations of 1 mol/l reduce the interaction of t-PA to fibrin by about 60% at pH 7.4.
authors.affiliation: Research Center of Biotechnology, Central Institute of Molecular Biology, Department Enzymology, Berlin-Buch, FRG.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D002847:Chromatography, Agarose; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005337:Fibrin / Q000378:metabolism*; D005341:Fibrinolysin / Q000378:metabolism; D006493:Heparin / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D008239:Lysine / Q000378:metabolism*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000201:enzymology; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000378:metabolism; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000378:metabolism*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D012965:Sodium Chloride; D005337:Fibrin; D006493:Heparin; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator; D005341:Fibrinolysin; D008239:Lysine