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Structure of urokinase receptor, urokinase and vitronectin complex
Structural highlights
DiseaseUROK_HUMAN Defects in PLAU are the cause of Quebec platelet disorder (QPD) [MIM:601709. QPD is an autosomal dominant bleeding disorder due to a gain-of-function defect in fibrinolysis. Although affected individuals do not exhibit systemic fibrinolysis, they show delayed onset bleeding after challenge, such as surgery. The hallmark of the disorder is markedly increased PLAU levels within platelets, which causes intraplatelet plasmin generation and secondary degradation of alpha-granule proteins.[1] FunctionUROK_HUMAN Specifically cleaves the zymogen plasminogen to form the active enzyme plasmin. Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMedThe urokinase receptor (uPAR) can recognize several ligands. The structural basis for this multiple ligand recognition by uPAR is unknown. This study reports the crystal structures of uPAR in complex with both urokinase (uPA) and vitronectin and reveal that uPA occupies the central cavity of the receptor, whereas vitronectin binds at the outer side of the receptor. These results provide a structural understanding of one receptor binding to two ligands. Crystal structures of two human vitronectin, urokinase and urokinase receptor complexes.,Huai Q, Zhou A, Lin L, Mazar AP, Parry GC, Callahan J, Shaw DE, Furie B, Furie BC, Huang M Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2008 Apr;15(4):422-3. Epub 2008 Mar 23. PMID:18376415[2] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See AlsoReferences
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