limulus clotting factor C EC#: 3.4.21.84; ChemWhat Code: 1380611
Product Name
limulus clotting factor C
Example Structure
Synonyms
CrFC, Factor C, IscW_ISCW002489, Limulus factor C
EC Number
3.4.21.84
CAS Registry Number
115743-27-6
Comments
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. In peptidase family?S1?(trypsin family).
Cofactor
History
Reactions
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.
