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Ca2+ Binding to the First Epidermal Growth Factor-like Domain of Human Blood Coagulation Factor IX Promotes Enzyme Activity and Factor VIII Light Chain Binding
1 Oct 1996
Abstract excerpt
Ca2+ binding to the first epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like domain of factor IX is known to be required for biological activity, but the mechanism by which Ca2+ contributes to factor IX function has remained unclear. We have studied recombinant factor IX mutants which lack Ca2+ binding to the first EGF-like domain, due to a replacement of Asp64 by Glu, Lys, or Val. The purified mutants (factors IX D64E, D64K,...
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