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Zymogenic and enzymatic properties of the 70–80 loop mutants of factor X/Xa
Author(s) -
Chen Lin,
Manithody Chandrashekhara,
Yang Likui,
Rezaie Alireza R.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
protein science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.353
H-Index - 175
eISSN - 1469-896X
pISSN - 0961-8368
DOI - 10.1110/ps.03406904
Subject(s) - factor ixa , factor x , chemistry , mutant , tissue factor , enzyme , cofactor , biochemistry , factor ix , thrombin , stereochemistry , enzyme kinetics , biophysics , active site , coagulation , biology , platelet , medicine , gene , immunology
Abstract The Ca 2+ binding 70–80 loop of factor X (fX) contains one basic (Arg 71 ) and three acidic (Glu 74 , Glu 76 , and Glu 77 ) residues whose contributions to the zymogenic and enzymatic properties of the protein have not been evaluated. We prepared four Ala substitution mutants of fX (R71A, E74A, E76A, and E77A) and characterized their activation kinetics by the factor VIIa and factor IXa in both the absence and presence of cofactors. Factor VIIa exhibited normal activity toward E74A and E76A and less than a twofold impaired activity toward R71A and E77A in both the absence and presence of tissue factor. Similarly, factor IXa in the absence of factor VIIIa exhibited normal activity toward both E74A and E76A; however, its activity toward R71A and E77A was impaired approximately two‐ to threefold. In the presence of factor VIIIa, factor IX activated all mutants with approximately two‐ to fivefold impaired catalytic efficiency. In contrast to changes in their zymogenic properties, all mutant enzymes exhibited normal affinities for factor Va, and catalyzed the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin with normal catalytic efficiencies. However, further studies revealed that the affinity of mutant enzymes for interaction with metal ions Na + and Ca 2+ was impaired. These results suggest that although charged residues of the 70–80 loop play an insignificant role in fX recognition by the factor VIIa‐tissue factor complex, they are critical for the substrate recognition by factor IXa in the intrinsic Xase complex. The results further suggest that mutant residues do not play a specific role in the catalytic function of fXa in the prothrombinase complex.