The intera
ction between the leuko
cyte integrin
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2 (CD11b/CD18, Ma
c-1, CR3) and fibrinogenmediates the re
cruitment of phago
cytes during the inflammatory response. Previous studies demonstratedthat peptides P2 and P1, dupli
cating
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ces in the
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ctively, blo
cked the fibrinogen-binding fun
ction of
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2, impli
cating these sequen
ces as possiblebinding sites for
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2. To determine the role of these sequen
ces in integrin binding, re
combinant wild-type and mutant
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ctions with the
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MI-domain, a ligand re
cognitiondomain within
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2, were tested. Deletion of
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ced
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ch were defe
ctive in binding to the
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MI-domain. In
contrast, alanine mutations of several residues inP1 did not affe
ct
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MI-domain binding, and simultaneous mutations in P1 and deletion of P2 did notde
crease the binding fun
ction of
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can
ce of P2, inserting P2-C and theentire P2 into the homologous position of the
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MI-domainbinding ability to the
chimeri
c proteins. To further define the mole
cular requirements for the P2-C a
ctivity,syntheti
c peptides derived from P2-C and a peptide array
covering P2-C have been analyzed, and a minimalre
cognition motif was lo
calized to
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390NRLTIG
395. Confirming a
criti
cal role of this sequen
ce, the
cy
cli
cpeptide NRLTIG retained full a
ctivity inherent to P2-C, with Arg and Leu being important residues.Thus, these data demonstrate the essential role of the P2, but not P1, sequen
ce for binding of
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MI-domain and suggest that the adhesive fun
ction of P2 depends on the minimal re
cognition motifNRLTIG.