Description
PROC (protein C gene) is a 62-kDa vitamin K-dependent plasma zymogen which, after activation to serine protease, plays an important role in the physiologic regulation of blood coagulation. Originally thought to be synthesized exclusively by the liver, recent reports have shown that PROC is also produced by many other cells including pancreatic islet β cells. Protein C a vitamin K-dependent plasma glycoprotein and is one of the body’s natural anticoagulants circulating at 70 nmol/L as an inactive protease zymogen