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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 276, Issue 26, Pages 23895-23902Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M008332200
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL10328, HL42443, HL18834] Funding Source: Medline
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The hydrophobic omega -loop within the prothrombin gamma -carboxyglutamic acid-rich (Gla) domain is important in membrane binding. The role of this region in membrane binding was investigated using a synthetic peptide, PT-(1-46)F4W, which includes the N-terminal 46 residues of human prothrombin with Phe-4 replaced by Trp providing a fluorescent probe. PT-(1-46)F4W and PT-(1-46) bind calcium ions and phospholipid membranes, and inhibit the prothrombinase complex. PT-(1-46)F4W, but not PT-(1-46), exhibits a blue shift (5 nm) and red-edge excitation shift (28 nm) in the presence of phosphatidylserine (PS)-containing vesicles, suggesting Trp ii is located within the motionally restricted membrane interfacial region, PS-containing vesicles protect PT-(1-46)F4W, but not PT-(1-46), fluorescence from potassium iodide-induced quenching. Stern-Volmer analysis of the quenching of PT-(1-46)F4W in the presence and absence of 80% phosphatidylcholine/20% PS vesicles suggested that Trp-4 is positioned within the membrane and protected from aqueous quenching agents whereas Trp-41 remains solvent-accessible in the presence of PS-containing vesicles, Fluorescence quenching of membrane-bound PT-(1-46)F4W is optimal with 7- and 10-doxyl-labeled lipids, indicating that Trp-4 is inserted 5 to 7 Angstrom into the bilayer, This report demonstrates that the omega -loop region of prothrombin specifically interacts with PS-containing membranes within the interfacial membrane region.
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