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Identification of surface epitopes of human coagulation factor Va that are important for interaction with activated protein C and heparin.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 15 Aug 2008
Segers Kenneth, Dahlbäck Björn, Rosing Jan, Nicolaes Gerry A F
Abstract excerpt
Inactivation of factor Va (FVa) by activated protein C (APC) is a key reaction in the down-regulation of thrombin formation. FVa inactivation by APC is correlated with a loss of FXa cofactor activity as a result of three proteolytic cleavages in the FVa heavy chain at Arg306, Arg506, and Arg679. Recently, we have shown that heparin specifically inhibits the APC-mediated cleavage at Arg506 and stimulates cleavage...
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