Papers by Petra Prijatelj
Biochimie, 2006
Ammodytoxin A (AtxA) from the venom of Vipera ammodytes ammodytes belongs to group IIA secreted p... more Ammodytoxin A (AtxA) from the venom of Vipera ammodytes ammodytes belongs to group IIA secreted phospholipase A2 (sPLA2), for which the major pathologic activity is presynaptic neurotoxicity. We show here that this toxin also affects hemostasis because it exhibits strong anticoagulant activity. AtxA binds directly to human coagulation factor Xa (FXa) with Kdapp of 32 nM, thus inhibiting the activity of the prothrombinase complex with an IC50 of 20 nM. To map the FXa-interaction site on AtxA, various mutants of AtxA produced by site-directed mutagenesis and expressed in Escherichia coli were tested in the study. In surface plasmon resonance (SPR) measurements, with FXa covalently attached to the sensor chip, we show that the FXa-binding site on AtxA includes several basic amino acid residues at the C-terminal and beta-wing regions of the molecule. Applying an in vitro biological test for inhibition of prothrombinase activity, we further demonstrate that the same residues are also ver...
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European journal of biochemistry / FEBS, 2003
The molecular mechanism of the presynaptic neurotoxicity of snake venom phospholipases A2 (PLA2s)... more The molecular mechanism of the presynaptic neurotoxicity of snake venom phospholipases A2 (PLA2s) is not yet fully elucidated. Recently, new high-affinity binding proteins for PLA2 toxins have been discovered, including the important intracellular Ca2+ sensor, calmodulin (CaM). In the present study, the mode of interaction of group IIA PLA2s with the Ca2+-bound form of CaM was investigated by mutational analysis of ammodytoxin A (AtxA) from the long-nosed viper (Vipera ammodytes ammodytes). Several residues in the C-terminal part of AtxA were found to be important in this interaction, particularly those in the region 115-119. In support of this finding, introduction of Y115, I116, R118 and N119, present in AtxA, into a weakly neurotoxic PLA2 from Russell's viper (Daboia russellii russellii) increased by sevenfold its binding affinity for CaM. Furthermore, two out of four peptides deduced from different regions of AtxA were able to compete with the toxin in binding to CaM. The no...
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Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 2003
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