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Detailed mechanisms of the inactivation of factor VIIIa by activated protein C in the presence of its cofactors, protein S and factor V.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 13 Jun 2008
Gale Andrew J, Cramer Thomas J, Rozenshteyn Diana, Cruz Jason R
Abstract excerpt
Factor VIIIa is inactivated by a combination of two mechanisms. Activation of factor VIII by thrombin results in a heterotrimeric factor VIIIa that spontaneously inactivates due to dissociation of the A2 subunit. Additionally, factor VIIIa is cleaved by the anticoagulant serine protease, activated protein C, at two cleavage sites, Arg(336) in the A1 subunit and Arg(562) in the A2 subunit. We previously...
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