Description
Product Characteristics:
Thrombin is the final protease in the blood coagulation cascade and serves both pro- and anticoagulant functions through the cleavage of several targets. The ability of thrombin to specifically recognize a wide range of substrates derives from interactions which occur outside of the active site of thrombin. Thrombin possesses two anion binding exosites which mediate many of its interactions with cofactors and substrates, and although many structures of thrombin have been solved, few such interactions have been described in molecular detail. Glycosaminoglycan binding to exosite II of thrombin plays a major role in switching off the procoagulant functions of thrombin by mediating its irreversible inhibition by circulating serpins and by its binding to the endothelial cell surface receptor thrombomodulin.
Subcellular location: Secreted, Extracellular matrix
Synonyms: Activation peptide fragment 1, coagulation factor II, prothrombin, F2, Cf-2, Cf2, FII, F 2, coagulation factor II thrombin, Coagulation factor II, Coagulation factor II precursor, F2, Factor II, Factor-II, Prothrombin, prothrombin B-chain, PT, serine protease, THRB, THRB_HUMAN, Thrombin.
Target Information: Thrombin, which cleaves bonds after Arg and Lys, converts fibrinogen to fibrin and activates factors V, VII, VIII, XIII, and, in complex with thrombomodulin, protein C. Functions in blood homeostasis, inflammation and wound healing (By similarity)