Table 1.

Specificity constants of thrombin-catalyzed fibrinopeptide release in the presence and the absence of added CaCl2



No added CaCl2, kcat/Km ± SD

1 mM CaCl2, kcat/Km ± SD
Fibrinogen
FpA
FpB (P)
FpA (P)
FpB (P)
Normal   13.6 ± 3.8   5.9 ± 1.4   10.9 ± 1.4 (.3768*)   6.8 ± 0.3 (.3091*)  
γN308K   11.9 ± 2.1   2.2 ± 0.3 (.0027)   11.4 ± 0.7 (.1231*)   2.9 ± 0.2 (.0015; .0634*)  
γN308A   11.6 ± 2.0   4.9 ± 1.8 (.0474)   11.2 ± 1.1 (.1732*)   8.6 ± 0.4 (.0159; .0530*)  
γN308I
 
11.6 ± 0.4
 
3.0 ± 1.0 (.0097)
 
11.3 ± 0.5 (.1276*)
 
7.2 ± 0.3 (.1091; .0189*)
 


No added CaCl2, kcat/Km ± SD

1 mM CaCl2, kcat/Km ± SD
Fibrinogen
FpA
FpB (P)
FpA (P)
FpB (P)
Normal   13.6 ± 3.8   5.9 ± 1.4   10.9 ± 1.4 (.3768*)   6.8 ± 0.3 (.3091*)  
γN308K   11.9 ± 2.1   2.2 ± 0.3 (.0027)   11.4 ± 0.7 (.1231*)   2.9 ± 0.2 (.0015; .0634*)  
γN308A   11.6 ± 2.0   4.9 ± 1.8 (.0474)   11.2 ± 1.1 (.1732*)   8.6 ± 0.4 (.0159; .0530*)  
γN308I
 
11.6 ± 0.4
 
3.0 ± 1.0 (.0097)
 
11.3 ± 0.5 (.1276*)
 
7.2 ± 0.3 (.1091; .0189*)
 

All units are 106 M-1S-1 ± SD. The kcat/Km values were calculated as described in Ng et al34  and Lord et al.35 

*

P values of an unpaired t test comparing the addition of 0 or 1 mM CaCl2

P values of an unpaired t test to compare a variant to normal fibrinogen

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