Abstract
Kinetic parameters (k(Pg) and K(Pg)) were determined for activation of Glu-plasminogen (Glu-Pg) and Lys-plasminogen (Lys-Pg) type I (with N-linked carbohydrate chain at Asn-289) and type II (with unsubstituted Asn-289) by plasmin-staphylokinase (Pm-STA) complex. The K(Pg) values for Glu-Pg I and Lys-Pg I (17.1 and 11.2 microM, respectively) were higher than those for Glu-Pg II and Lys-Pg II (14.9 and 5.4 microM, respectively), while only minor differences in the k(Pg) values were observed between plasminogens type I and type II. Soluble fibrin significantly increased the k(Pg)/K(Pg) values for activation of all four plasminogens due to a decrease in the K(Pg) values but did not alter the k(Pg) values. However, the activation of plasminogens type I was stimulated by fibrin lesser degree than that of plasminogens type II. These findings indicate that N-glycosylation of kringle 3 of plasminogen decreases the stability of Pm-STA-Pg ternary enzyme-substrate complex in solution as well as interferes with its formation and rearrangement on the fibrin surface.
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