The N-terminal segment of antithrombin acts as a steric gate for the bining of heparin

Protein Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 782-788

  Fitton, Hazel L ^a,c   Skinner, Richard ^a   Dafforn, Timothy R ^a   Jin, Lei ^a   Pike, Robert N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antithrombin; Heparin; Kinetic analysis; N terminal segment; Thermolysin

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBIN; HEPARIN; THERMOLYSIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 0031912076     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560070328     Document Type: Article

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