title: Is the WKS motif the tissue-factor binding site for coagulation factor VII?
abstract: Human tissue factor (TF), the membrane-bound glycoprotein receptor for the blood-clotting factor VII/VIIa, contains in its extracellular domain three repeats of the rare motif, tryptophan-lysine-serine (WKS). Murine tissue factor, which binds human factor VII/VIIa poorly, contains only one WKS motif suggesting that the WKS motif may be involved in the binding of human factor VII/VIIa to human TF. Sequence analysis has revealed a WKS motif in 23 human proteins, seven of which are involved in the coagulation process. Another five WKS-containing proteins share some functional properties with the coagulation proteins. Analysis of the properties of these proteins provides some insight into the possible functional role of the WKS motif.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Biological Chemistry, University of California Irvine 92717.
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Andrews
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000502:physiology; D005167:Factor VII / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013925:Thromboplastin / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D005167:Factor VII; D013925:Thromboplastin