ISSN:
0006-3525
Schlagwort(e):
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Quelle:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Thema:
Chemie und Pharmazie
Notizen:
By combining measurements of the enzymatic release of fibrinopeptide A (FPA) with measurements of intensity and linewidth of Rayleigh scattering from fibrin polymer solutions prior to gelation, we have systematically tested a variety of predictions that can be made on the basis of a simple geometrical abstraction of fibrin polymerization. The experimental investigations include FPA content of fibrin polymers, aggregation of fibrin with fibrinogen, enzyme kinetics, shift of the chemical equilibrium by adding Gly-Pro-Arg-Pro or fibrinogen to the polymer solution, evolution of the polymerization, and influence of fibrinopeptide B release. Among the considered geometrical abstractions there is only one that survives the experimental tests and at the same time is compatible with the electron micrographs by other authors. The main conclusions that can be drawn are (1) the location of binding sites A must be taken from the structure of the fibrinogen molecule proposed by Hoeprich and Doolittle [Biochemistry (1983) 22, 2049-2055], (2) The fibrinogen monomer is basically centrosymmetric, (3) the state of polymerization is reversible and corresponds to a chemical equilibrium, and (4) Michaelis-Menten enzyme kinetics can be applied.
Zusätzliches Material:
13 Ill.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bip.360250511
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