Description
Thrombin is a serine protease that in humans is encoded by the F2 gene. Prothrombin (coagulation factor II) is proteolytically cleaved to form thrombin in the coagulation cascade, which ultimately results in the reduction of blood loss. Thrombin in turn acts as a serine protease that converts soluble fibrinogen into insoluble strands of fibrin, as well as catalyzing many other coagulation-related reactions.
Abbr
Thrombin, Native (Rat)
Applications
Thrombin is used for site specific cleavage of recombinant fusion proteins containing an accessible thrombin recognition site for removal of affinity tags. Thrombin has been used in a study to investigate activation of equine platelet-rich plasma.
Product Overview
Thrombin is the final coagulation protease in regard to hemostasis, promoting both procoagulant and anticoagulant effects.
Enzyme Commission Number
EC 3.4.21.5
Activity
600-2,000 NIH units/mg protein (biuret) or > 2,000 NIH units/mg protein (E1%/280 = 19.5); > 125 NIH units/mg protein (biuret)
Buffer
Lyophilized from saline sodium Citrate buffer, pH 6.5
Synonyms
thrombin; 9002-04-4; EC 3.4.21.5; fibrinogenase; thrombase; thrombofort; topical; thrombin-C; tropostasin; activated blood-coagulation factor II; blood-coagulation factor IIa; factor IIa; E thrombin; β-thrombin; γ-thrombin
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