Prothrombin

... it in great detail. A very simple explanation we had in our bio lecture was that cells at the site of injury release clotting factors that convert prothrombin to thrombin, which in turn converts fibrinogen to fibrin, which helps platelets to form a clot.

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... is left behind when the blood clots. ------Summary-------- produce (1) Wound ------------------> thrombokinase ( enzyme ) thrombokinase (2) Prothrombin -------------------> thrombin ( active) (Inactive) Ca2+ ions thrombin (3) Fibrinogen ------------------------> insoluble fibrin threads ...

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... of context ... . . . ahh.. Vibrio vulnificus Secretes a Broad-Specificity Metalloprotease Capable of Interfering with Blood Homeostasis through Prothrombin Activation and Fibrinolysis http://jb.asm.org/cgi/content/full/187/20/6909?etoc Vibrio vulnificus is a causative agent of serious food-borne ...

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... incorporated into protein phosphorylation of Ser, Thr, Tyr addition of carbohydrate (Ser, Thr, Asn) or lipid moieties g-carboxyglutamic acid in prothrombin--binds Ca++ 4-hydroxyproline and 5-hydroxylysine in collagen Uncommon amino acids and their derivatives D-alaine (bacterial cell walls) ...

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umm, i am just learning about fibrinogen, i thought that u need calcium+ thrombolplastin to activate prothrombin and turn it to thrombin and thrombin turns fibrinogen into fibrin?

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