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Crystal structure of the prothrombinase complex from the venom of Pseudonaja textilis.
Blood - 17 Oct 2013
Lechtenberg Bernhard C, Murray-Rust Thomas A, Johnson Daniel J D, Adams Ty E, Krishnaswamy Sriram, Camire Rodney M, Huntington James A
Abstract excerpt
The prothrombinase complex, composed of the protease factor (f)Xa and cofactor fVa, efficiently converts prothrombin to thrombin by specific sequential cleavage at 2 sites. How the complex assembles and its mechanism of prothrombin processing are of central importance to human health and disease, because insufficient thrombin generation is the root cause of hemophilia, and excessive thrombin production results in...
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