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SUBMITTER: Enrico Di Cera
PROVIDER: EMPIAR-11615 | biostudies-other |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Ruben Eliza A EA Summers Brock B Rau Michael J MJ Fitzpatrick James A J JAJ Di Cera Enrico E
Blood 20220601 24
The intrinsic and extrinsic pathways of the coagulation cascade converge to a common step where the prothrombinase complex, comprising the enzyme factor Xa (fXa), the cofactor fVa, Ca2+ and phospholipids, activates the zymogen prothrombin to the protease thrombin. The reaction entails cleavage at 2 sites, R271 and R320, generating the intermediates prethrombin 2 and meizothrombin, respectively. The molecular basis of these interactions that are central to hemostasis remains elusive. We solved 2 ...[more]