Exosite Occupation by Heparin Enhances the Reactivity of Blood Coagulation Factor IXa
- 21 February 2004
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Biochemistry
- Vol. 43 (10) , 2978-2986
Abstract
Blood coagulation factor IXa (fIXa) is a trypsin-like serine protease with low inherent activity that is greatly enhanced in the factor X activation complex. Molecular details of the conversion of fIXa from an inactive enzyme into a fully functional procoagulant are unclear. Recent studies have identified a heparin-binding exosite in the protease domain of fIXa. Effects of exosite occupation on fIXa activity are unclear. We used the Kunitz-type inhibitor bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI) to probe fIXa reactivity in the absence and in the presence of heparin. While fIXa alone was poorly reactive with BPTI (K(i) approximately 0.7 mM), this reactivity was increased roughly 20-fold (K(i) = 37 +/- 6 microM) by heparin. This was reproducible with low-molecular-weight heparin (enoxaparin; K(i) = 70 +/- 12 microM). Surface plasmon resonance studies of the interaction between heparin and BPTI indicated an unstable interaction with very low affinity (K(d) = 172 microM). In contrast, kinetic studies revealed a high-affinity interaction between heparin and fIXa (K(d) = 128 +/- 26 nM) and showed that the enhancement of BPTI inhibition of fIXa by heparin was well described by a competitive inhibition model where heparin acts as an affecter of fIXa reactivity with inhibitor. Fluorescence studies with dansyl-EGR-fIXa supported the high-affinity interaction between heparin and fIXa and suggested an altered environment in the fIXa active-site region upon heparin binding. This modulating effect of heparin was supported by the observation of a heparin-induced increase in reactivity of fIXa toward a pentapeptide substrate. When viewed together, the results imply that specific physiological exosite interactions with heparin can induce alterations in the environment of the extended fIXa active site that can result in increased reactivity.Keywords
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