Structural determinants of the selectivity of KTS-disintegrins for the α1β1 integrin

Dariusz G. Kisiel, Juan J. Calvete, Jehoshua Katzhendler, Andrzej Fertala, Philip Lazarovici, Cezary Marcinkiewicz*

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Abstract

KTS-disintegrins are a subfamily of short monomeric disintegrins that are potent and selective inhibitors of α1β1 integrin. The amino acid sequence of the new KTS-disintegrin, viperistatin, differs from previously characterized obtustatin in three residues at position 24 (within the integrin binding loop), 38 (hydrophobic core) and 40 (C-terminal region). Noteworthy, viperistatin is about 25-fold more potent than obtustatin inhibiting the binding of this integrin to collagen IV. Synthetic peptides representing the full-length of integrin-binding loops of these disintegrins showed that the Leu24/Arg substitution appears to be partly responsible for the increased inhibitory activity of viperistatin over obtustatin.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)478-482
Number of pages5
JournalFEBS Letters
Volume577
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 19 Nov 2004

Keywords

  • BSA, bovine serum albumin
  • CMFDA, 5-chloromethylfluorescein diacetate
  • HPLC, high-performance liquid chromatography
  • MALDI-TOF, matrix-assisted laser-desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry
  • TFA, trifluoroacetic acid

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