Structural highlights
Function
[VSPCA_AGKCO] Snake venom serine protease that selectively cleaves the heavy chain of protein C (PROC). This activation is thrombomodulin-independent.[1]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Protein C activation initiated by the thrombin-thrombomodulin complex forms the major physiological anticoagulant pathway. Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix protein C activator, a glycosylated single-chain serine proteinase, activates protein C without relying on thrombomodulin. The crystal structures of native and inhibited Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix protein C activator determined at 1.65 and 1.54 A resolutions, respectively, indicate the pivotal roles played by the positively charged belt and the strategic positioning of the three carbohydrate moieties surrounding the catalytic site in protein C recognition, binding, and activation. Structural changes in the benzamidine-inhibited enzyme suggest a probable function in allosteric regulation for the anion-binding site located in the C-terminal extension, which is fully conserved in snake venom serine proteinases, that preferentially binds Cl(1-) instead of SO(4)(2-).
Thrombomodulin-independent activation of protein C and specificity of hemostatically active snake venom serine proteinases: crystal structures of native and inhibited Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix protein C activator.,Murakami MT, Arni RK J Biol Chem. 2005 Nov 25;280(47):39309-15. Epub 2005 Sep 14. PMID:16162508[2]
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References
- ↑ Kisiel W, Kondo S, Smith KJ, McMullen BA, Smith LF. Characterization of a protein C activator from Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix venom. J Biol Chem. 1987 Sep 15;262(26):12607-13. PMID:3624272
- ↑ Murakami MT, Arni RK. Thrombomodulin-independent activation of protein C and specificity of hemostatically active snake venom serine proteinases: crystal structures of native and inhibited Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix protein C activator. J Biol Chem. 2005 Nov 25;280(47):39309-15. Epub 2005 Sep 14. PMID:16162508 doi:10.1074/jbc.M508502200
