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BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY
卷 119, 期 4, 页码 1042-1051出版社
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.03954.x
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coagulation factor X; ficin; Ficus carica; activation; inactivation
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We investigated the effect of proteases derived from Ficus carica (common fig) on human blood coagulation. The milky sap (latex) of several Ficus (F.) species contain ficin, which is a mixture of proteases. Ficin derived from Ficus carica shortened the activated partial thromboplastin time and the prothrombin time of normal plasmas and plasmas deficient in coagulation factors, except plasma deficient in factor X (FX) and generated activated FX (FXa) in defibrinated plasma. Chromatographic separation of ficin from Ficus carica yielded six proteolytic fractions with a different specificity towards FX. We isolated two factor X activators with molecular masses of 23 2 and 23 5 kDa, and studied their action on purified human FX. Factor X was converted to activated FXbeta by consecutive proteolytic cleavage in the heavy chain between Leu(178) and Asp(179), Arg(187) and Gly(188), and Arg(194) and Ile(195) (FX numbering system) with concomitant release of a carboxy-terminal peptide. The cleavage pattern of FXa degradation products in the light chain was influenced by Ca2+ and Mn2+. These data suggest the haemostatic potency of Ficus proteases is based on activation of human coagulation factor X.
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