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Gene targeting in hemostasis. Alpha2-antiplasmin.
Frontiers in bioscience : a journal and virtual library - 1 Feb 2001
Lijnen H R
Abstract excerpt
Apha2-antiplasmin (AP), the main physiological plasmin inhibitor in mammalian plasma, is a 70 kDa single chain serpin (serine proteinase inhibitor) with reactive site peptide bond Arg-Met. It inhibits plasmin very rapidly (second-order inhibition rate constant of = 2 x 107 M-1.s-1) following formation of an inactive 1:1 stoichiometric complex. The high reaction rate requires the presence of a free active site and...
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