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The preferred pathway of glycosaminoglycan-accelerated inactivation of thrombin by heparin cofactor II.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 12 Mar 2004
Verhamme Ingrid M, Bock Paul E, Jackson Craig M
Abstract excerpt
Thrombin (T) inactivation by the serpin, heparin cofactor II (HCII), is accelerated by the glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) dermatan sulfate (DS) and heparin (H). Equilibrium binding and thrombin inactivation kinetics at pH 7.8 and ionic strength (I) 0.125 m demonstrated that DS and heparin bound much tighter to thrombin (K(T(DS)) 1-5.8 microm; K(T(H)) 0.02-0.2 microm) than to HCII (K(HCII(DS)) 236-291 microm;...
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