Crystal Structure of a Two-domain Fragment of Hepatocyte Growth Factor Activator Inhibitor-1

The solution structure of the MANEC-type domain from hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitor-1 reveals an unexpected PAN/apple domain-type fold.

A decade ago, motif at N-terminus with eight-cysteines (MANEC) was defined as a new protein domain family. This domain is found exclusively at the N-terminus of >400 multi-domain type-1 transmembrane proteins from animals. Despite the large number of MANEC-containing proteins, only one has been characterized at the protein level: hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitor-1 (HAI-1). HAI-1 is ...

Tissue expression, protease specificity and Kunitz domain functions of HAI- 1B, a new splice variant of hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitor-1

The activation of matriptase requires its noncatalytic domains, serine protease domain, and its cognate inhibitor.

The activation of matriptase requires proteolytic cleavage at a canonical activation motif that converts the enzyme from a one-chain zymogen to an active, two-chain protease. In this study, matriptase bearing a mutation in its catalytic triad was unable to undergo this activational cleavage, suggesting that the activating cleavage occurs via a transactivation mechanism where interaction between...

بررسی ساختار و عملکرد فرم فعال فاکتور X انعقاد خون

Introduction: Coagulation factor X is an important protein in the blood coagulation pathway. It contains significant structural features that affect its function. The purpose of this study was to investigate the structural-functional features of activated form of Factor X in the presence of calcium ions. Factor X consists of 4 domains. Gamma-carboxyl glutamic acid (GLA) domain contains negative...

Identification of the matriptase second CUB domain as the secondary site for interaction with hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitor type-1.

Matriptase is a type II transmembrane serine protease comprising 855 amino acid residues. The extracellular region of matriptase comprises a noncatalytic stem domain (containing two tandem repeats of complement proteases C1r/C1s-urchin embryonic growth factor-bone morphogenetic protein (CUB) domain) and a catalytic serine protease domain. The stem domain of matriptase contains site(s) for facil...