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SUBMITTER: Singh S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6600159 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Singh Sneha S Akhter Mohammad Suhail MS Dodt Johannes J Volkers Peter P Reuter Andreas A Reinhart Christoph C Krettler Christoph C Oldenburg Johannes J Biswas Arijit A
International journal of molecular sciences 20190531 11
Coagulation factor XIII (FXIII) is a plasma-circulating heterotetrameric pro-transglutaminase complex that is composed of two catalytic FXIII-A and two protective/regulatory FXIII-B subunits. FXIII acts by forming covalent cross-links within a preformed fibrin clots to prevent its premature fibrinolysis. The FXIII-A subunit is known to have pleiotropic roles outside coagulation, but the FXIII-B subunit is a relatively unexplored entity, both structurally as well as functionally. Its discovered r ...[more]