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Engineered human soluble calcium-activated nucleotidase inhibits coagulation in vitro and thrombosis in vivo.
Thrombosis research - 1 Jan 2008
Yang Mingyan, Kirley Terence L
Abstract excerpt
Human soluble calcium-activated nucleotidase (human SCAN) is a homologue of the salivary anti-coagulant apyrases injected by insects into their hosts to allow blood feeding. However, the human enzyme, unlike its insect counterparts, does not efficiently hydrolyze the platelet agonist, ADP. By site-directed mutagenesis, two mutant human SCANs were constructed and expressed in bacteria. Following refolding from...
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