Inhibitory effect of methyl esters of arginine-containing oligopeptides on thrombin and trypsin
Poiarkova, S.A.; Kibirev, V.K.; Serebrianyĭ, S.B.
Ukrainskii Biokhimicheskii Zhurnal 59(5): 5-11
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0201-8470 PMID: 3686693 Document Number: 291776
Stereoisomeric oligopeptides were studied for their inhibitory effect on the hydrolysis of benzoyl-L-arginine methyl ester catalyzed by thrombin and trypsin, as well as on the thrombin-fibrinogen reaction. Comparison of the peptide structures, their conformational flexibility and inhibitory effects on thrombin and trypsin shows the availability of the essential differences in organization and functioning of the subsites S3, S2 and S'1 of these enzymes. In contrast to trypsin, thrombin is shown to be characterized by more pronounced secondary stereospecificity. This manifests in the more vigorous dropping of the catalytic constants of thrombin-catalyzed esterolysis than those of trypsin-catalyzed hydrolysis of the substrates, containing D-amino acids at the subsite P2. It is revealed that the peptide Tos-D-Val-D-Ala-D-Agr-D-Phe-OCH3 is the most powerful inhibitor among studied compounds. It is noteworthy that its antithrombin effect is almost an order of magnitude higher than its antitrypsin effect.