Fundamentals of hdx-ms

V Vinciauskaite, GR Masson - Essays in Biochemistry, 2023 - portlandpress.com
Hydrogen deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDX-MS) is becoming part of the
standard repertoire of techniques used by molecular biologists to investigate protein …

VWF, platelets and the antiphospholipid syndrome

S Huang, M Ninivaggi, W Chayoua… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is characterized by thrombosis and/or pregnancy
morbidity with the persistent presence of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPLs). Laboratory …

Activation of von Willebrand factor via mechanical unfolding of its discontinuous autoinhibitory module

NA Arce, W Cao, AK Brown, ER Legan… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Von Willebrand factor (VWF) activates in response to shear flow to initiate hemostasis, while
aberrant activation could lead to thrombosis. Above a critical shear force, the A1 domain of …

Assembly of von Willebrand factor tubules with in vivo helical parameters requires A1 domain insertion

G Javitt, N Yeshaya, L Khmelnitsky… - Blood, The Journal of …, 2022 - ashpublications.org
The von Willebrand factor (VWF) glycoprotein is stored in tubular form in Weibel-Palade
bodies (WPBs) before secretion from endothelial cells into the bloodstream. The …

[HTML][HTML] Sialylation on O-linked glycans protects von Willebrand factor from macrophage galactose lectin-mediated clearance

SE Ward, JM O'Sullivan, AB Moran… - …, 2021 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Terminal sialylation determines the plasma half-life of von Willebrand factor (VWF). A role for
macrophage galactose lectin (MGL) in regulating hyposialylated VWF clearance has …

The biological significance of von Willebrand factor O-linked glycosylation

S Ward, JM O'Sullivan… - Seminars in Thrombosis …, 2021 - thieme-connect.com
Glycosylation is a key posttranslational modification, known to occur on more than half of all
secreted proteins in man. As such, the role of N-and O-linked glycan structures in …

Conformational activation and inhibition of von Willebrand factor by targeting its autoinhibitory module

NA Arce, Z Markham-Lee, Q Liang, S Najmudin… - Blood, 2024 - ashpublications.org
Activation of von Willebrand factor (VWF) is a tightly controlled process governed primarily
by local elements around its A1 domain. Recent studies suggest that the O-glycosylated …

The N-terminal autoinhibitory module of the A1 domain in von Willebrand factor stabilizes the mechanosensor catch bond

YC Zhao, H Wang, Y Wang, J Lou, LA Ju - RSC Chemical Biology, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The von Willebrand factor (VWF), by interacting with the circulatory system and platelets,
harnesses hemodynamic forces to form hemostatic plugs or occlusive thrombi. The …

[HTML][HTML] Desialylation of O‐glycans activates von Willebrand factor by destabilizing its autoinhibitory module

KM Voos, W Cao, NA Arce, ER Legan, Y Wang… - Journal of Thrombosis …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The binding of the A1 domain of von Willebrand factor (VWF) to platelet
receptor glycoprotein (GP) Ibα defines the VWF activity in hemostasis. Recent studies …

Von Willebrand factor A1 domain stability and affinity for GPIbα are differentially regulated by its O-glycosylated N-and C-linker

K Bonazza, RE Iacob, NE Hudson, J Li, C Lu… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Hemostasis in the arterial circulation is mediated by binding of the A1 domain of the
ultralong protein von Willebrand factor (VWF) to GPIbα on platelets to form a platelet plug …