title: Localization of a fibrin polymerization site complementary to Gly-His-Arg sequence.
abstract: Dansyl-labeled tetrapeptide Gly-His-Arg-Pro which mimics the central fibrin polymerization site was used to investigate its binding to a number of fibrinogen fragments containing different numbers of domains. The tetrapeptide was found to bind to fragments DH(95 kDa), DL(82 kDa) and DY(63 kDa) but not to the TSD(28 kDa) fragment. The DY fragment differs from the TSD by the presence of beta and beta C domains. Therefore these domains, which are formed by the C-terminal part of the beta chain, possess a polymerization site complementary to the Gly-His-Arg containing counterpart.
authors: Institute of Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev.
authors: L V
authors: LV
authors: Medved
authors: S V
authors: SV
authors: Litvinovich
authors: T P
authors: TP
authors: Ugarova
authors: N I
authors: NI
authors: Lukinova
authors: V N
authors: VN
authors: Kalikhevich
authors: Z A
authors: ZA
authors: Ardemasova
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D003619:Dansyl Compounds; D005337:Fibrin / Q000378:metabolism*; D005338:Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products / Q000378:metabolism; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D003619:Dansyl Compounds; D005338:Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products; D009842:Oligopeptides; D005337:Fibrin; D005340:Fibrinogen