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Abstract

When a shotgun phage-display library of Newman was affinity selected (panned) against recombinant von Willebrand factor (vWf), a novel von Willebrand factor binding protein (vWbp) was found. Experimental data indicate that the interaction between vWbp and vWf is very specific and mediated by a region of 26 aa residues in the C-terminal part of vWbp. vWbp has an N-terminal secretory signal sequence but no cell wall anchoring motif, suggesting a soluble extracellular location. Mature vWbp could be purified from the culture supernatant and the identity of the protein was confirmed by N-terminal sequencing. vWbp migrates with an apparent molecular mass of 66 kDa and the deduced protein consists of 482 aa. The gene encoding vWbp, named , was present in all strains investigated.

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