Characterization of a Novel Streptokinase Produced by Streptococcus equisimilis of Non-Human Origin

Stephen T Nowicki; Dena Minning-Wenz; Kenneth H Johnston; Richard Lottenberg

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1648921

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 1994; 72(04): 595-603
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1648921

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Characterization of a Novel Streptokinase Produced by Streptococcus equisimilis of Non-Human Origin

Stephen T Nowicki

¹The Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

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Dena Minning-Wenz

¹The Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

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Kenneth H Johnston

²The Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, USA

,

Richard Lottenberg

¹The Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

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Streptokinases are proteins with plasminogen activator activity produced by certain hemolytic streptococci. We previously identified equine streptococcal isolates which produced streptokinases (ESKs) that bound both human and equine plasminogen but only readily activated equine plasminogen (14). This property was exploited to purify a representative ESK produced by Streptococcus equisimilis strain 87-542-W. Affinity chromatography with human plasminogen resulted in the isolation of a M~49,000 molecule with two isoforms. This ESK was subsequently compared to well characterized streptokinases (HSKs) that efficiently activate human plasminogen. Differences in streptokinases were identified in the highly conserved amino-terminal amino acid sequence, peptide maps, and antigenic properties, and these differences were supported by DNA hybridization studies. These results indicate that the family of proteins identified as streptokinases has much greater diversity than previously appreciated.

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