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Effects of Pro1266Leu mutation on structure and function of glycoprotein Ib binding domain of von Willebrand factor

Glycoprotein Ibα (GpIbα) binding ability of A1 domain of von Willebrand factor (vWF) facilitates platelet adhesion that plays a crucial role in maintaining hemostasis and thrombosis at the site of vascular damage. There are both “loss as well as gain of function” mutations observed in this domain. N...

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Published in:Journal of cellular biochemistry 2019-10, Vol.120 (10), p.17847-17857
Main Authors: Naqvi, Ahmad Abu Turab, Alajmi, Mohamed F., Rehman, Tabish, Hussain, Afzal, Hassan, Imtaiyaz
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Language:English
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Summary:Glycoprotein Ibα (GpIbα) binding ability of A1 domain of von Willebrand factor (vWF) facilitates platelet adhesion that plays a crucial role in maintaining hemostasis and thrombosis at the site of vascular damage. There are both “loss as well as gain of function” mutations observed in this domain. Naturally occurring “gain of function” mutations leave self‐activating impacts on the A1 domain which turns the normal binding to characteristic constitutive binding with GPIbα. These “gain of function” mutations are associated with the von Willebrand disease type 2B. In recent years, studies focused on understanding the mechanism and conformational patterns attached to these phenomena have been conducted, but the conformational pathways leading to such binding patterns are poorly understood as of now. To obtain a microscopic picture of such events for the better understanding of pathways, we used molecular dynamics (MD) simulations along with principal component analysis and normal mode analysis to study the effects of Pro1266Leu (Pro503Leu in structural context) mutation on the structure and function of A1 domain of vWF. MD simulations have provided atomic‐level details of intermolecular motions as a function of time to understand the dynamic behavior of A1 domain of vWF. Comparative analysis of the trajectories obtained from MD simulations of both the wild type and Pro503Leu mutant suggesting appreciable conformational changes in the structure of mutant which might provide a basis for assuming the “gain of function” effects of these mutations on the A1 domain of vWF, resulting in the constitutive binding with GpIbα. We have studied the effects of mutations on the structure and function of A1 domain of von Willebrand factor using molecular dynamics simulations, principal components analysis, and normal mode analysis. There is a gain of function observed by Pro1266Leu mutation.
ISSN:0730-2312
1097-4644
DOI:10.1002/jcb.29052