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Fatal hemorrhage in mice lacking gamma-glutamyl carboxylase.
Blood - 15 Jun 2007
Zhu Aihua, Sun Hongmin, Raymond Richard M, Furie Barbara C, Furie Bruce, Bronstein Mila, Kaufman Randal J, Westrick Randal, Ginsburg David
Abstract excerpt
The carboxylation of glutamic acid residues to gamma-carboxyglutamic acid (Gla) by the vitamin K-dependent gamma-glutamyl carboxylase (gamma-carboxylase) is an essential posttranslational modification required for the biological activity of a number of proteins, including proteins involved in blood coagulation and its regulation. Heterozygous mice carrying a null mutation at the gamma-carboxylase (Ggcx) gene...
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