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ArticleNature communications2019

Crystal structure and substrate-induced activation of ADAMTS13.

Anastasis Petri, Hyo Jung Kim, Yaoxian Xu, Rens de Groot, Chan Li, Aline Vandenbulcke, Karen Vanhoorelbeke, Jonas Emsley, James T B Crawley

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Article in Nature communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers.

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50citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed, 82 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. The Highs and Lows of ADAMTS13 Activity.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Anastasis PetriCentre for Haematology, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Hyo Jung KimCentre for Biomolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5214-3036
Yaoxian XuCentre for Haematology, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Rens de GrootCentre for Haematology, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1044-9499
Chan LiCentre for Biomolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
Aline VandenbulckeLaboratory for Thrombosis Research, KU Leuven, Kortrijk, Belgium.
Karen VanhoorelbekeLaboratory for Thrombosis Research, KU Leuven, Kortrijk, Belgium.
Jonas EmsleyCentre for Biomolecular Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK. jonas.emsley@nottingham.ac.uk.
James T B CrawleyCentre for Haematology, Imperial College London, London, UK. j.crawley@imperial.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6723-7841
Imperial College London · GBUniversity of Nottingham · GBResearch Institute for Chromatography · BENIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation FS/14/44/30962British Heart Foundation PG/18/19/33584British Heart Foundation (BHF) FS/14/44/30962British Heart Foundation (BHF) PG/18/17/33572Medical Research Council MR/M010260/1RCUK | MRC | Medical Research Foundation MR/M010260/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Platelet recruitment to sites of blood vessel damage is highly dependent upon von Willebrand factor (VWF). VWF platelet-tethering function is proteolytically regulated by the metalloprotease ADAMTS13. Proteolysis depends upon shear-induced conformational changes in VWF that reveal the A2 domain cleavage site. Multiple ADAMTS13 exosite interactions are involved in recognition of the unfolded A2 domain. Here we report through kinetic analyses that, in binding VWF, the ADAMTS13 cysteine-rich and spacer domain exosites bring enzyme and substrate into proximity. Thereafter, binding of the ADAMTS13 disintegrin-like domain exosite to VWF allosterically activates the adjacent metalloprotease domain to facilitate proteolysis. The crystal structure of the ADAMTS13 metalloprotease to spacer domains reveals that the metalloprotease domain exhibits a latent conformation in which the active-site cleft is occluded supporting the requirement for an allosteric change to enable accommodation of the substrate. Our data demonstrate that VWF functions as both the activating cofactor and substrate for ADAMTS13.

Indexed as

ADAMTS13 ProteinAllosteric RegulationCrystallography, X-RayModels, MolecularProtein BindingProtein Interaction Domains and MotifsProteolysisRecombinant ProteinsSubstrate Specificityvon Willebrand FactorADAMTS13 ProteinADAMTS13 protein, humanRecombinant Proteinsvon Willebrand Factor

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PMID31439947
PMCPMC6706451
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