title: Characterization and cDNA cloning of a platelet aggregation inhibitor.
abstract: A novel platelet aggregation inhibitor, sal-C, was purified to homogeneity from the venom of Korean snake (Agkistrodon halys brevicaudus). Several lines of experimental evidence clearly indicated that sal-C inhibits not only the collagen-induced platelet aggregation, but also the aggregation mediated by the cell surface glycoprotein IIb-IIIa (GP IIb-IIIa). We have isolated the cDNA encoding sal-C from the cDNA library of the snake venom gland and analyzed its complete nucleotide sequence. Sal-C is a single-chain polypeptide composed of 212 amino acids including 24 cysteines. The deduced polypeptide sequence of sal-C demonstrated considerable homology to previously described protein species of the collagen-induced platelet aggregation inhibitor family. Sal-C does not have the Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) motif, but contains the Ser-Glu-Cys-Asp sequence. Interestingly, sal-C was found to inhibit GP IIb-IIIa binding to immobilized fibrinogen which is antagonized by the typical RGD motif of disintegrins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D017836:Agkistrodon / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003435:Crotalid Venoms / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D006801:Humans; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010974:Platelet Aggregation / Q000187:drug effects; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017385:Sequence Homology; D014757:Viper Venoms
chemical_list: D003435:Crotalid Venoms; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex; D014757:Viper Venoms; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases; C418132:sal-C protein, Agkistrodon halys brevicaudus