Plasma_kallikrein

Plasma kallikrein

Plasma kallikrein

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Plasma kallikrein (EC 3.4.21.34) is an enzyme[5][6][7][8][9] that catalyses the following chemical reaction:

Selective cleavage of some Arg- and Lys- bonds, including Lys-Arg and Arg-Ser in (human) kininogen to release bradykinin
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Plasma kallikrein and its precursor are encoded by the KLKB1 gene.[10][11]

This enzyme is formed from prekallikrein (Fletcher factor) by factor XIIa.

Function

Plasma prekallikrein is a glycoprotein that participates in the surface-dependent activation of blood coagulation, fibrinolysis, kinin generation and inflammation. It is synthesized in the liver and secreted into the blood as a single polypeptide chain. Plasma prekallikrein is converted to plasma kallikrein by factor XIIa by the cleavage of an internal Arg-Ile bond. Plasma kallikrein therefore is composed of a heavy chain and a light chain held together by a disulfide bond. The heavy chain originates from the amino-terminal end of the zymogen and contains 4 tandem repeats of 90 or 91 amino acids. Each repeat harbors a novel structure called the apple domain. The heavy chain is required for the surface-dependent pro-coagulant activity of plasma kallikrein. The light chain contains the active site or catalytic domain of the enzyme and is homologous to the trypsin family of serine proteases. Plasma prekallikrein deficiency causes a prolonged activated partial thromboplastin time in patients.[12]

Interactions

Kallikrein and prekallikrein have been shown to interact with High-molecular-weight kininogen.[13][14][15][16]



References

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  8. Yu H, Bowden DW, Spray BJ, Rich SS, Freedman BI (April 1998). "Identification of human plasma kallikrein gene polymorphisms and evaluation of their role in end-stage renal disease". Hypertension. 31 (4): 906–11. doi:10.1161/01.hyp.31.4.906. PMID 9535413.
  9. Chung DW, Fujikawa K, McMullen BA, Davie EW (August 1986). "Human plasma prekallikrein, a zymogen to a serine protease that contains four tandem repeats". Biochemistry. 25 (9): 2410–7. doi:10.1021/bi00357a017. PMID 3521732.
  10. Page JD, You JL, Harris RB, Colman RW (October 1994). "Localization of the binding site on plasma kallikrein for high-molecular-weight kininogen to both apple 1 and apple 4 domains of the heavy chain". Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 314 (1): 159–64. doi:10.1006/abbi.1994.1424. PMID 7944388.
  11. Renné T, Dedio J, Meijers JC, Chung D, Müller-Esterl W (September 1999). "Mapping of the discontinuous H-kininogen binding site of plasma prekallikrein. Evidence for a critical role of apple domain-2". J. Biol. Chem. 274 (36): 25777–84. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.36.25777. PMID 10464316.

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