Molecular modeling, biochemical characterization, and pharmacological properties of Cc3 -SPase: A platelet-aggregating thrombin-like enzyme purified from Cerastes cerastes venom. 2018

Fatah Chérifi, and Samah Saoud, and Fatima Laraba-Djebari
USTHB, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Bab Ezzouar, Algiers, Algeria.

Cc3 -SPase (30 kDa-proteinase; pI 5.98) was isolated from Cerastes cerastes venom. Its sequence of 271 residues yielded from LC-MALDI-TOF showed high degrees of homology when aligned with other proteinases. Cc3 -SPase cleaved natural and synthetic proteins such as casein and fibrinogen leaving fibrin clots unaffected. Cc3 -SPase was fully abolished by ion chelators, whereas aprotinin, antithrombin III (Sigma Aldrich, Saint-Louis, Missouri, USA), and heparin were ineffective. Affinity of Cc3 -SPase to benzamidine indicated the presence of an aspartate residue in the catalytic site as confirmed by three-dimensional structure consisting of 14 β-strands and four α-helices. Molecular mechanisms revealed that Cc3 -SPase is capable of promoting dysfunctional platelet aggregation via two signaling pathways mediated by the G-coupled protein receptors and αIIbβ3 integrin. Cc3 -SPase is involved in both extrinsic/intrinsic coagulation pathways in deficient plasmas by replacing defective/lacking factors FII, FVII, and FVIII but not FX. Cc3 -SPase could substitute missing factors in blood diseases related to plasma factor deficiencies.

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