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Thrombocytin, a Serine Protease From Bothrops Atrox Venom. 1. Purification and Characterization of the Enzyme

Thrombocytin, a Serine Protease From Bothrops Atrox Venom. 1. Purification and Characterization of the Enzyme

E P Kirby, S Niewiarowski, K Stocker, C Kettner, E Shaw, T M Brudzynski

Biochemistry. 1979 Aug 7;18(16):3564-70.

PMID: 476068

Abstract:

Thrombocytin, a platelet-activating enzyme from Bothrops atrox venom, has been purified to homogeneity by precipitation with sodium salicylate and chromatography on heparin--agarose. Thrombocytin is a single-chain glycoprotein with a molecular weight of 36 000 which contains 5.6% carbohydrate. It causes platelet aggregation, release of platelet serotonin, and activation of factor XIII. The most sensitive substrate for the amidolytic activity of thrombocytin was Tos-Gly-Pro-Arg-p-nitroanilide hydrochloride. The activity of thrombocytin on this substrate and on platelets was inhibited by diisopropyl fluorophosphate (DFP), soybean trypsin inhibitor, and several arginine chloromethyl ketones. Active site titration with nitrophenyl guanidinobenzoate demonstrated that approximately 86% of the preparation was in the active form. These experiments demonstrate the presence of serine and histidine in the active site of thrombocytin and suggest that thrombocytin is a classical serine protease with a platelet-activating activity similar to thrombin.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP103213349	Gly-Pro p-nitroanilide hydrochloride		103213-34-9	Price

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