n fibrin monomers -> fibrin multimer

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R-HSA-140842
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Reaction [binding]
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Homo sapiens
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Thrombin-mediated proteolytic cleavage in the central E domain of fibrinogen results in the release of fibrinopeptides A and B from the N-terminal regions of the α and β chains of fibrinogen, respectively, leading to the formation of a soluble fibrin monomer (Ni et al. 1989; Pechik I et al., 2006; Riedel T et al., 2011). The cleavage unmasks four binding sites in the E domain of monomeric fibrin allowing binding to the C-terminal region of the D domain from other fibrin monomers (Everse SJ et al., 1998, 1999; Doolittle RF 2003; Litvinov RI et al., 2005, 2007). Fibrin monomers rapidly and spontaneously associate into large multimers, which elongate into protofibrils that later aggregate to form fibers, creating a three-dimensional network (Laudano AP and Doolittelle RF 1980; Huang L et al., 2014; Zhmurov A et al., 2016; Litvinov RI et al., 2018; Asquith NL et al., 2022; Pietsch K et al. 2023; reviewed by Litvinov RI et al., 2021). The structural organization is essential for the mechanical properties of the clot (Litvinov RI & Weisel JW 2017; Risman RA et al., 2024; reviewed by Feller T et al., 2022). The process of multimerization, and the range of multimer structures that can form in vivo and in vitro, have been studied in detail (Doolittle RF 1984, 2003; Huang L et al., 2014; Zhmurov A et al., 2018; Litvinov RI & Weisel JW 2017; Risman RA et al., 2024). Here, multimer size has arbitrarily been set to three fibrin monomers.
Literature References
PubMed ID Title Journal Year
16533041 Structural basis for sequential cleavage of fibrinopeptides upon fibrin assembly

Yakovlev, S, Pechik, I, Gilliland, GL, Mosesson, MW, Medved, L

Biochemistry 2006
7356959 Studies on synthetic peptides that bind to fibrinogen and prevent fibrin polymerization. Structural requirements, number of binding sites, and species differences.

Doolittle, RF, Laudano, AP

Biochemistry 1980
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