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Although avian and mammalian serpins are members of the same superfamily, they are evolutionarily distinct [ 38 ] . This divergence likely accounts for the species specificity of the PN-1 antibody.
While in PAI-1 this position accommodates a negatively charged aspartic acid residue, in other serpins it sometimes accommodates its non charged analog asparagine (Table 1).
Since a proline occurs not only in position 357 of PAI-1, but also in the corresponding position of several other serpins (Table 1) we attempted to find out how does a mutation of P357 affect the inhibitory activity of PAI-1.
An interesting structural similarity among several serpins is known to occur at the position corresponding to 355 in PAI-1.
Proteins, such as serine proteases and their inhibitors, could alter the quality of this highway and thus play critical roles in migratory processes [ 1 ] . Members of the serine protease inhibitor superfamily, or serpins, act by binding to and permanently inactivating their target protease(s).