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SUBMITTER: Shen BW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2214755 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shen Betty W BW Spiegel Paul Clint PC Chang Chong-Hwan CH Huh Jae-Wook JW Lee Jung-Sik JS Kim Jeanman J Kim Young-Ho YH Stoddard Barry L BL
Blood 20071026 3
Factor VIII (fVIII) is a serum protein in the coagulation cascade that nucleates the assembly of a membrane-bound protease complex on the surface of activated platelets at the site of a vascular injury. Hemophilia A is caused by a variety of mutations in the factor VIII gene and typically requires replacement therapy with purified protein. We have determined the structure of a fully active, recombinant form of factor VIII (r-fVIII), which consists of a heterodimer of peptides, respectively conta ...[more]