Thrombin is an enzyme that cleaves bonds after Arg and Lys, converts fibrinogen to fibrin and activates factors V, VII, VIII. Prothrombin is activated on the surface of a phospholipid membrane where factor Xa removes the activation peptide and cleave ...
Thrombin is an enzyme that cleaves bonds after Arg and Lys, converts fibrinogen to fibrin and activates factors V, VII, VIII. Prothrombin is activated on the surface of a phospholipid membrane where factor Xa removes the activation peptide and cleaves the remaining part into light and heavy chains. This domain corresponds to the light chain of thrombin.
Indicative of a protease inhibitor, usually a serine protease inhibitor. Structure is a disulfide rich alpha+beta fold. BPTI (bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor) is an extensively studied model structure. Certain family members are similar to the ...
Indicative of a protease inhibitor, usually a serine protease inhibitor. Structure is a disulfide rich alpha+beta fold. BPTI (bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor) is an extensively studied model structure. Certain family members are similar to the tick anticoagulant peptide (TAP, Swiss:P17726). This is a highly selective inhibitor of factor Xa in the blood coagulation pathways [1]. TAP molecules are highly dipolar [2], and are arranged to form a twisted two- stranded antiparallel beta-sheet followed by an alpha helix [1].
