Strategies for development of novel antithrombotics: modulating thrombin's procoagulant and anticoagulant properties

被引:7
作者
Hall, SW [1 ]
Gibbs, CS [1 ]
Leung, LLK [1 ]
机构
[1] GILEAD SCI INC,FOSTER CITY,CA
关键词
thrombin; structure; mutagenesis; protein C; allosteric;
D O I
10.1007/s000180050092
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Thrombin is a serine proteinase that can interact with a large number of diverse macromolecular substrates, which results in either a procoagulant or anticoagulant effect. These divergent properties are physiologically regulated by the endogenous protein thrombomodulin. This review summarizes recent work on a variety of methods used to exploit the allosteric nature of the enzyme. The procoagulant and anticoagulant functions of thrombin can be modulated by sodium binding, site-directed mutagenesis, and a small synthetic molecule. Modulation of thrombin's intrinsic properties represents a novel approach to the development of unique antithrombotic agents.
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页码:731 / 736
页数:6
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