Article
The role of calcium ions in factor X activation by thrombin E192Q.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 5 Apr 1992
Le Bonniec B F, Guinto E R, Esmon C T
Abstract excerpt
Despite considerable sequence similarities, blood coagulation serine proteases exhibit remarkable specificity with respect to which zymogen they activate. The basis for this specificity presumably involves recognition of a short sequence within the extended binding pocket of the enzyme, other interactions remote from the catalytic groove, and modulation by a definite protein cofactor. In addition, Ca2+ plays a...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Calcium
- Cations, Divalent
- Cattle
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Factor X
- Glutamine
- Humans
- Hydrolysis
- Kinetics
- Mutation
