J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 265, Issue 3, 1401-1407, Jan, 1990

Alpha-thrombin-catalyzed hydrolysis of fibrin I. Alternative binding modes and the accessibility of the active site in fibrin I-bound alpha- thrombin

MC Naski and JA Shafer
Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109.

Steady-state kinetic parameters were determined for the action of human alpha-thrombin on human fibrin I polymer, an intermediate in the alpha- thrombin-catalyzed conversion of fibrinogen to the fibrin matrix of blood clots during the terminal phase of the blood clotting cascade. Values of 49 s-1 and 7.5 microM were determined (at 37 degrees C, pH 7.4, gamma/2 0.17) for kcat and Km, respectively. Studies of the effect of fibrin I on alpha-thrombin-catalyzed hydrolysis of the fluorogenic substrate N-p-Tos-Gly-L-Pro-L-Arg-7-amido-4-methylcoumarin (tos-GPR- amc) and the effect of fibrin I on the reaction of alpha-thrombin with antithrombin III (AT) were presented which indicate that the active site of alpha-thrombin is accessible while it is bound to its substrate fibrin I. Fibrin I inhibited alpha-thrombin-catalyzed hydrolysis of tos- GPR-amc in a manner inconsistent with the pure competitive inhibition expected for an alternative substrate, whereas fibrinogen, an alpha- thrombin substrate, behaved as a pure competitive inhibitor of the alpha-thrombin-catalyzed hydrolysis of tos-GPR-amc. The effect of fibrin I on alpha-thrombin-catalyzed hydrolysis of tos-GPR-amc was shown to be consistent with alpha-thrombin binding to fibrin I in alternative orientations. In one orientation both the active site and a site distinct from the active site (an exosite) of alpha-thrombin are occupied by fibrin I. In the other orientation only the exosite of alpha-thrombin is occupied and the active site is freely accessible to other substrates. The values of both kcat (21 s-1) and Km (less than 0.23 microM) determined for fibrin I-bound alpha-thrombin acting on tos- GPR-amc were decreased relative to the values of kcat (180 s-1) and Km (7.3 microM) observed for the action of uncomplexed alpha-thrombin on tos-GPR-amc. This observation suggests that the active site of alpha- thrombin is altered in fibrin I-bound alpha-thrombin. Studies of the effect of fibrin I on the reaction of AT with alpha-thrombin (at 37 degrees C, pH 7.4, gamma/2 0.17) indicated that when alpha-thrombin is bound to fibrin I in an orientation where the active site of alpha- thrombin is accessible, AT reacts with alpha-thrombin with a rate constant (greater than 4.2 x 10(4) M-1 s-1) that is greater than the rate constant (1.5 x 10(4) M-1 s-1) for reaction of AT with the free enzyme.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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