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ArticleComputational and structural biotechnology journal2022

Computer-aided engineering of staphylokinase toward enhanced affinity and selectivity for plasmin.

Dmitri Nikitin, Jan Mican, Martin Toul, David Bednar, Michaela Peskova, Patricia Kittova, Sandra Thalerova, Jan Vitecek, Jiri Damborsky, Robert Mikulik and 3 more

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Article in Computational and structural biotechnology journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 41% of its field
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Dmitri NikitinInternational Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarska 53, 656 91 Brno, Czech Republic.
Jan MicanInternational Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarska 53, 656 91 Brno, Czech Republic.
Martin ToulInternational Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarska 53, 656 91 Brno, Czech Republic.
David BednarInternational Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarska 53, 656 91 Brno, Czech Republic.
Michaela PeskovaInstitute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Kralovopolska 135, 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic.
Patricia KittovaInstitute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Kralovopolska 135, 612 65 Brno, Czech Republic.
Sandra ThalerovaInternational Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarska 53, 656 91 Brno, Czech Republic.
Jan VitecekInternational Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarska 53, 656 91 Brno, Czech Republic.
Jiri DamborskyInternational Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarska 53, 656 91 Brno, Czech Republic.
Robert MikulikInternational Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarska 53, 656 91 Brno, Czech Republic.
Sarel J FleishmanWeizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
Zbynek ProkopInternational Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarska 53, 656 91 Brno, Czech Republic.
Martin MarekInternational Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarska 53, 656 91 Brno, Czech Republic.
Masaryk University · CZWeizmann Institute of Science · IL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cardio- and cerebrovascular diseases are leading causes of death and disability, resulting in one of the highest socio-economic burdens of any disease type. The discovery of bacterial and human plasminogen activators and their use as thrombolytic drugs have revolutionized treatment of these pathologies. Fibrin-specific agents have an advantage over non-specific factors because of lower rates of deleterious side effects. Specifically, staphylokinase (SAK) is a pharmacologically attractive indirect plasminogen activator protein of bacterial origin that forms stoichiometric noncovalent complexes with plasmin, promoting the conversion of plasminogen into plasmin. Here we report a computer-assisted re-design of the molecular surface of SAK to increase its affinity for plasmin. A set of computationally designed SAK mutants was produced recombinantly and biochemically characterized. Screening revealed a pharmacologically interesting SAK mutant with ∼7-fold enhanced affinity toward plasmin, ∼10-fold improved plasmin selectivity and moderately higher plasmin-generating efficiency

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Acute myocardial infarctionAffiLibAffinity engineeringEnzyme kineticsPlasminogen activatorsRational designSAK, StaphylokinaseStaphylokinaseStroke treatmentsThrombolytics

Identifiers

PMID35386102
PMCPMC8941168
OpenAlexW4220770540

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