Formulation | 50%(vol/vol)Glycerol/H2O |
MolecularWeight | |
Storage | -20°C |
Purity | >95%bySDS-PAGE |
Compound | |
Assay | Thrombininhibition |
ShelfLife(properlystored) | 12months |
ChemicalFormula | |
Gel | Novex4-12%Bis-Tris |
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Load | HumanATIII,1µgperlane |
Buffer | MOPS |
Standard | SeeBluePlus2;Myosin(191kDa),PhosphorylaseB(97kDa),BSA(64kDa),GlutamicDehydrogenase(51kDa),AlcoholDehydrogenase(39kDa),CarbonicAnhydrase(28kDa),MyoglobinRed(19kDa),Lysozyme(14kDa) |
AntithrombinIII(ATIII)isasinglechainglycoproteinwithamolecularweightof58,000.Itisamemberoftheserpin(serineproteaseinhibitor)superfamilyandisconsideredtobethemostimportantinhibitorinthecoagulationcascade(1,2).ATIIIinhibitsawidespectrumofserineproteasesincludingthrombin,factorsIXa,XaandXIa,kallikrein,plasmin,urokinase,C1-esterase,andtrypsin.Themechanismofinhibitioninvolvestheformationofastable1:1complexbetweentheactivesiteoftheproteaseandthescissilebond(Arg385-Ser386)ofATIII.TheactivesiteserineofthrombinhasbeenshowntoformacovalentintermediatewiththeP1aminoacid(Arg385)ofATIII.TherateofinhibitionofserineproteasesbyATIIIisincreasedtovaryingdegreesbyheparin.InthecaseofbeingathrombininhibitororfactorXainhibitor,theinteractionwithATIIIisenhanced3ordersofmagnitudeinthepresenceofheparin.TheinteractionbetweenATIIIandheparininvolvesauniquesequenceofsulfatedandnon-sulfatedmonosaccharideunitsonheparin,andcriticallysineresiduesonATIII.ThebindingofATIIItoheparinoidstructuresonvascularendotheliumhasbeendemonstratedandshowntoenhancetheinhibitionoffactorsIXa,Xa,andthrombin.
ATIIImayalsofunctioninthecomplementcascade.ThebindingofATIIItofluidphasecomplementattack-complexesinserahasbeendemonstrated.Inaddition,theSproteinofcomplement(aninhibitorofthemembraneattack-complex)interfereswiththeATIII/thrombininteraction.
ATIIIispreparedfromfreshfrozenplasmabyheparin-agaroseaffinitychromatography(3).Thepurifiedproteinissuppliedin50%(vol/vol)glycerol/H2Oandshouldbestoredat-20°C.PurityisdeterminedbySDS-PAGEanalysis.
Localization | Plasma | |||||
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PlasmaConcentration | 150µg/ml | |||||
Modeofaction | Serineproteaseinhibitor | |||||
Molecularweight | 58,000(3) | |||||
Extinctioncoefficient |
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IsoelectricPoint | 4.9-5.3(5) | |||||
Structure | Singlechain,threeintrachaindisulfidebonds(Cys8-Cys128,Cys21-Cys95,Cys239-Cys422)(4),10%a-helix,30-40%b-structure,50%randomcoil(5),scissilebond(Arg385-Ser386) | |||||
Percentcarbohydrate | 9%(5,7) |
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