Activation of prothrombin by two subtilisin-like serine proteases from Acremonium sp.

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 358, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 356-362

  Liu, Chunli ^a   Matsushita, Yasuhiko ^a   Shimizu, Kosuke ^a   Makimura, Koichi ^b   Hasumi, Keiji ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood coagulation; Hemostasis; Meizothrombin(desF1); Prothrombin; Subtilase; Subtilisin like serine protease

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; MEIZOTHROMBIN; PROTHROMBIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; SUBTILISIN;

ACREMONIUM; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACREMONIUM; BLOOD COAGULATION; CHAETOMIUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PRECURSORS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; PROTHROMBIN; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; THROMBIN;

ACREMONIUM SP.; CHAETOMIUM GLOBOSUM; FUNGI;

EID: 34248226479     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.04.133     Document Type: Article

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