γ-carboxyglutamic acid — γ car·boxy·glu·ta·mic ac·id (kahr bok″se gloo tamґik) an amino acid occurring in biologically active prothrombin and in noncollagen bone proteins; it is formed in the liver in the presence of vitamin K by carboxylation of glutamic acid … Medical dictionary
4-carboxyglutamic acid — A carboxylated form of glutamic acid found in certain proteins ( E.G., prothrombin, factors VII, IX, and X, osteocalcin). Its synthesis is vitamin K dependent … Medical dictionary
amino acid — Biochem. any of a class of organic compounds that contains at least one amino group, NH2, and one carboxyl group, COOH: the alpha amino acids, RCH(NH2)COOH, are the building blocks from which proteins are constructed. Cf. essential amino acid.… … Universalium
Vitamin K — has also been used as a slang term for ketamine, an unrelated anaesthetic. Vitamin K1 (phylloquinone). Both forms of the vitamin contain a functional naphthoquinone ring and an aliphatic side chain. Phylloquinone has a phytyl side chain … Wikipedia
bleeding and blood clotting — ▪ disease Introduction escape of blood from blood vessels into surrounding tissue and the process of coagulation through the action of platelets. Significance of hemostasis The evolution of high pressure blood circulation in… … Universalium
Thrombin — Coagulation factor II (thrombin) The structure of human thrombin in complex with the inhibitor hirudin.[1] … Wikipedia
Factor IX — Coagulation factor IX PDB rendering based on 1pfx … Wikipedia
Contryphan — NMR structure of Contryphan Vn. The peptide backbone is depicted by a curved tube while the amino acid side chains are represented by capped sticks. Carbon atoms are colored grey, nitrogen atoms blue, oxygen atoms red, and sulfur atoms yellow.[1] … Wikipedia
Vitamina K — Vitamina K. La vitamina K, también conocida como fitomenadiona, es un grupo derivado de 2 metil naftoquinonas. Son vitaminas humanas, lipofílicas (solubles en lípidos) e hidrofóbicas (insolubles en agua), principalmente requeridas en los procesos … Wikipedia Español
Gla domain — Pfam box Symbol = Gla Name = width =220 caption = Anchoring of Coagulation factor VIIa to the membrane through its GLA domain Pfam= PF00594 InterPro= IPR000294 SMART= PROSITE = PDOC00011 SCOP = 1cfi TCDB = OPM family= 97 OPM protein= 1pfx… … Wikipedia
