Crystal structure of wild-type human thrombin in the Na+-free state

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 392, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-28

  Johnson, Daniel J D ^a   Adams, Ty E ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Huntington, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allostery; Crystal structure; Haemostasis; Slow thrombin; Sodium

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; COAGULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN BONDS; PROTEINS;

ALLOSTERY; FIBRINOGEN; HAEMOSTASIS; SLOW THROMBIN;

SODIUM;

SODIUM ION; THROMBIN; THROMBOMODULIN;

ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN VARIANT; WILD TYPE;

BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SODIUM; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THROMBIN;

EID: 28044461043     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20051217     Document Type: Article

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