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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Protein C
Biological Factors > Blood Coagulation Factor Inhibitors > Protein C
Carbohydrates > Glycoconjugates > Glycoproteins > Protein C
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Glycoproteins > Protein C
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Protein Precursors > Enzyme Precursors > Protein C
Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzyme Precursors > Protein C

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Protein C  

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  • A vitamin-K dependent zymogen present in the blood, which, upon activation by thrombin and thrombomodulin exerts anticoagulant properties by inactivating factors Va and VIIIa at the rate-limiting steps of thrombin formation.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011486

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