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    Skizzle: a Novel Streptococcus agalactiae-secreted Cofactor of Human Plasminogen Activation

    Wiles, Karen Godfrey
    : https://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/etd-09062010-113724
    http://hdl.handle.net/1803/14090
    : 2010-09-06

    Abstract

    The work in this thesis involves characterization of a novel Streptococcus agalactiae-secreted protein, skizzle, and its interactions with key proteins of the human fibrinolytic system. Skizzle binds human plasminogen (Pg) with high affinity and acts as a cofactor of Pg activation to form the clot-dissolving protease, plasmin. As a cofactor, skizzle uses two different mechanisms to enhance Pg activation by the endogenous Pg activators, urokinase and tissue-type plasminogen activator. Skizzle-enhanced Pg activation by urokinase is specific for the circulating, unmodified form, [Glu]Pg, and involves a skizzle-induced Pg conformational change to a more-easily activated conformation. Enhanced activation of both unmodified [Glu]Pg and modified [Lys]Pg by tissue-type plasminogen activator involves formation of a skizzle-containing ternary or quaternary complex with Pg and tissue-type plasminogen activator, resulting in enhanced Pg activation. To our knowledge, skizzle is the first S. agalactiae-secreted cofactor of human Pg activation. Skizzle has the potential to be a virulence factor in the pathogenesis of life-threatening S. agalactiae infections of newborns and immune-compromised adults.
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