Table 1.

Mass spectrometric analysis of prochemerin 163S cleavage by FXIa, plasmin, and other proteases

Chemerin forms, molecular weight, Da
154F155A156F157S158K163S
Expected molecular weight 15571.8 15642.8 15790.0 15877.1 16005.3 16529.9 
FXIa     16019.4  
Plasmin     16003.7  
Cathepsin G   15792.8    
Chymase 15570.0  15785.8    
Elastase  15647.3  15881.7   
Protease 3  15648.0     
Tryptase     16011.4  
MMP-8  15640.4     
Chemerin forms, molecular weight, Da
154F155A156F157S158K163S
Expected molecular weight 15571.8 15642.8 15790.0 15877.1 16005.3 16529.9 
FXIa     16019.4  
Plasmin     16003.7  
Cathepsin G   15792.8    
Chymase 15570.0  15785.8    
Elastase  15647.3  15881.7   
Protease 3  15648.0     
Tryptase     16011.4  
MMP-8  15640.4     

A total of 10 μM chem163S was incubated for 30 minutes with 100 nM protease before analysis by mass spectrometry. The molecular weight of the observed products was compared with the expected molecular mass.

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