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Prothrombotic phenotype of protein Z deficiency.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 6 Jun 2000
Yin Z F, Huang Z F, Cui J, Fiehler R, Lasky N, Ginsburg D, Broze G J
Abstract excerpt
Protein Z (PZ) is a vitamin K-dependent plasma protein whose function has been uncertain. The structure of PZ is very similar to that of the coagulation-related factors VII, IX, and X and PC, but PZ differs from these other proteins in that it is not the zymogen of a serine protease. We have shown recently that PZ forms a calcium ion-dependent complex with activated factor X at phospholipid surfaces and that this...
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