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EC 3.4.21.5 Details
EC number
3.4.21.5
Accepted name
thrombin
Reaction
Selective cleavage of Arg┼Gly bonds in fibrinogen to form fibrin and release fibrinopeptides A and B
Other name(s)
fibrinogenase, thrombase, thrombofort, topical, thrombin-C, tropostasin, activated blood-coagulation factor II, blood-coagulation factor IIa, factor IIa, E thrombin, β-thrombin, γ-thrombin
CAS registry number
9002-04-4
Comment
Formed from prothrombin. More selective than trypsin and plasmin. In peptidase family S1 (trypsin family).
History
created 1961 as EC 3.4.4.13, transferred 1972 to EC 3.4.21.5
EC Tree
3.4.21.8 created 1972, deleted 1981
3.4.21.11 created 1972, deleted 1981
3.4.21.13 created 1972, deleted 1978
3.4.21.14 created 1961 as EC 3.4.4.16, transferred 1972 to EC 3.4.21.14, modified 1986, deleted 1992
3.4.21.15 created 1972, deleted 1978 (transferred to EC 3.4.21.14, deleted 1992)
3.4.21.16 created 1972, deleted 1992
3.4.21.17 created 1972, deleted 1978 [transferred to EC 3.4.21.14, deleted 1992]
3.4.21.18 created 1972 [EC 3.4.99.24 created 1972, incorporated 1978], deleted 1992
3.4.21.23 created 1978, deleted 1992
3.4.21.24 created 1978, deleted 1992
3.4.21.28 created 1978, deleted 1992
3.4.21.29 created 1978, deleted 1992
3.4.21.30 created 1978, deleted 1992
3.4.21.31 created 1972 as EC 3.4.99.26, transferred 1978 to EC 3.4.21.31, deleted 1992
3.4.21.33 created 1978, deleted 1992
3.4.21.40 created 1981, deleted 1992
3.4.21.44 created 1981, deleted 1984
3.4.21.51 created 1984, deleted 1992
3.4.21.52 created 1981 as EC 3.4.99.33, transferred 1984 to EC 3.4.21.52, deleted 1992
3.4.21.56 created 1972 as EC 3.4.99.7, transferred 1989 to EC 3.4.21.56, deleted 1992
3.4.21.58 created 1989, deleted 1992