Limulus clotting enzyme
Limulus clotting enzyme (EC 3.4.21.86, clotting enzyme) is an enzyme.[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
- Selective cleavage of -Arg18- and -Arg47- bonds in coagulogen to form coagulin and fragments
This enzyme is present in the hemocyte granules of horseshoe crabs Limulus and Tachypleus.
References
- ↑ Muta, T., Hashimoto, R., Miyata, T., Nishimura, H., Toh, Y. and Iwanaga, S. (1990). "Proclotting enzyme from horseshoe crab hemocytes. cDNA cloning, disulfide locations, and subcellular localization". J. Biol. Chem. 265: 22426–22433. PMID 2266134.
- ↑ Tokunaga, F., Nakajima, H. and Iwanaga, S. (1991). "Further studies on lipopolysaccharide-sensitive serine protease zymogen (factor C): its isolation from Limulus polyphemus hemocytes and identification as an intracellular zymogen activated by α-chymotrypsin, not by trypsin". J. Biochem. (Tokyo) 109: 150–157. PMID 2016264.
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