Restricted active site docking by enzyme-bound substrate enforces the ordered cleavage of prothrombin by prothrombinase.

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The preferred pathway for prothrombin activation by prothrombinase involves initial cleavage at Arg(320) to produce meizothrombin, which is then cleaved at Arg(271) to liberate thrombin. Exosite binding drives substrate affinity and is independent of the bond being cleaved. The pathway for cleavage is determined by large differences in V(max) for cleavage at the two sites within intact prothrombin. By...

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