| Official Name |
| Limulus clotting factor C.
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| Reaction catalysed |
| Selective cleavage of 103-Arg-|-Ser-104 and 124-Ile-|-Ile-125 bonds in Limulus clotting factor B to form activated factor B. Cleavage of -Pro-Arg-|-Xaa- bonds in synthetic substrates |
| Comment(s) |
- From the hemocyte granules of the horseshoe crabs Limulus and
Tachypleus.
- Factor C is activated by Gram-negative bacterial lipopolysaccharides
and chymotrypsin.
- Inhibited by antithrombin III.
- Belongs to peptidase family S1.
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| Cross-references |
| PROSITE | PDOC00124 |
| BRENDA | 3.4.21.84 |
| PUMA2 | 3.4.21.84 |
| PRIAM enzyme-specific profiles | 3.4.21.84 |
| KEGG Ligand Database for Enzyme Nomenclature | 3.4.21.84 |
| IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature | 3.4.21.84 |
| IntEnz | 3.4.21.84 |
| MEDLINE | Find literature relating to 3.4.21.84 |
| MetaCyc | 3.4.21.84 |
| UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot |
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