Activation of von Willebrand factor via mechanical unfolding of its discontinuous autoinhibitory module

Von Willebrand factor (VWF) is a large glycoprotein in the blood secreted from endothelial cells lining the blood vessel and activation of VWF leads to formation of VWF-platelet complexes or thrombi. Here authors use single-molecule force measurement, X-ray crystallography and functional measurement...

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Autores principales: Nicholas A. Arce, Wenpeng Cao, Alexander K. Brown, Emily R. Legan, Moriah S. Wilson, Emma-Ruoqi Xu, Michael C. Berndt, Jonas Emsley, X. Frank Zhang, Renhao Li
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Sumario:Von Willebrand factor (VWF) is a large glycoprotein in the blood secreted from endothelial cells lining the blood vessel and activation of VWF leads to formation of VWF-platelet complexes or thrombi. Here authors use single-molecule force measurement, X-ray crystallography and functional measurements to monitor the activation of VWF via mechanical unfolding of the autoinhibitory module (AIM).