TABLE 2.
Effects of disulfide bond disruptions in the β3 subunit on αIIbβ3 and αvβ3 expression and activation
ND, not determined.
| Domain | Disrupted disulfide bond | αIIbβ3 |
αvβ3 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surface expression | Activation state | Induced activation by anti-LIBS6 and Mn2+ | Proposed role in αIIbβ3 structure and function | Surface expression | Activation state | Induced activation by anti-LIBS6 and Mn2 + | Proposed role in αvβ3 structure and function | ||
| EGF-1 | Cys-437-Cys-457 | 40–50% of WT in all mutants | Profoundly active | Little further activation | Essential for stabilization of the inactive conformer and for the EGF-1 folding | 65–85% of WT in all mutants | Moderately active | Further activated | Stabilization of the inactive conformer |
| EGF-2 | Cys-473-Cys-503 | ∼100% of WT in single mutants. 64% in C473S/C503S | Highly active | Little further activation | Stabilization of the inactive conformer | 65–80% of WT in single mutants. 46% in C473S/C503S | Moderately active | Further activated | Stabilization of the inactive conformer |
| EGF-3 | Cys-523-Cys-544 | 55% of WT in single mutants. 100% in C523S/C544S | Moderately active | Further activated | Stabilization of the inactive conformer | 50–60% of WT in single mutants. 100% in C523S/C544S | Single mutants moderately active. C523S/C544S not active | Further activated | Regulatory role for free sulfhydryls in activation |
| EGF-4 | Cys-560-Cys-583 | 50–70% of WT in all mutants | C560S moderately active, C583S and C560S/C583S almost not active | Further activated | Regulatory role in activation | 60–80% of WT in single mutants. 100% in C560/C583S | C560S and C583S slightly active, C560S/C583S not active | Further activated | Regulatory role in activation |
| Cys-567-Cys-581 | C567S; 20% of WT | ND | ND | Important for the EGF-4 folding | C567S; 32% of WT | ND | ND | Important for the EGF-4 folding | |
| Cys-575-Cys-586 | C575S; 2% of WT | ND | ND | Essential for the EGF-4 folding | C575S; 8% of WT | ND | ND | Essential for the EGF-4 folding | |