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Contributions of basic amino acids in the autolysis loop of factor XIa to serpin specificity.
Biochemistry - 8 Aug 2006
Rezaie Alireza R, Sun Mao-fu, Gailani David
Abstract excerpt
The autolysis loops (amino acids 143-154, chymotrypsinogen numbering) of plasma serine proteases play key roles in determining the specificity of protease inhibition by plasma serpins. We studied the importance of four basic residues (Arg-144, Lys-145, Arg-147, and Lys-149) in the autolysis loop of the coagulation protease factor XIa (fXIa) for inhibition by serpins. Recombinant fXIa mutants, in which these...
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