title: Protease nexin II interactions with coagulation factor XIa are contained within the Kunitz protease inhibitor domain of protease nexin II and the factor XIa catalytic domain.
abstract: Protease nexin II, a platelet-secreted protein containing a Kunitz-type domain, is a potent inhibitor of factor XIa with an inhibition constant of 250-400 pM. The present study examined the protein interactions responsible for this inhibition. The isolated catalytic domain of factor XIa is inhibited by protease nexin II with an inhibition constant of 437 +/- 62 pM, compared to 229 +/- 40 pM for the intact protein. Factor XIa is inhibited by a recombinant Kunitz domain with an inhibition constant of 344 +/- 37 pM versus 422 +/- 33 pM for the catalytic domain. Kinetic rate constants were determined by progress curve analysis. The association rate constants for inhibition of factor XIa by protease nexin II [(3.35 +/- 0.35) x 10(6) M(-1) s(-1)] and catalytic domain [(2.27 +/- 0. 25) x 10(6) M(-1) s(-1)] are nearly identical. The dissociation rate constants are very similar, (9.17 +/- 0.71) x 10(-4) and (7.97 +/- 1.1) x 10(-4) s(-1), respectively. The rate constants for factor XIa and catalytic domain inhibition by recombinant Kunitz domain are also very similar: association constants of (3.19 +/- 0.29) x 10(6) and (3.25 +/- 0.44) x 10(6) M(-1) s(-1), respectively; dissociation constants of (10.73 +/- 0.84) x 10(-4) and (10.36 +/- 1.3) x 10(-4) s(-1). The inhibition constant (K(i)) values calculated from these kinetic parameters are in close agreement with those measured from equilibrium binding experiments. These results suggest that the major interactions required for factor XIa inhibition by protease nexin II are localized to the catalytic domain of factor XIa and the Kunitz domain of protease nexin II.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, The Sol Sherry Thrombosis Research Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140, USA.
authors.forename: K O
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Badellino
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Walsh
mesh_terms: D016564:Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor; D007611:Aprotinin / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D020134:Catalytic Domain; D015945:Factor XIa / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007700:Kinetics; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D058255:Protease Nexins; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D016564:Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D058255:Protease Nexins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C098973:recombinant Kunitz protease inhibitor; D007611:Aprotinin; D015945:Factor XIa