Thrombin-binding substance and process for its production
Abstract
Abstract A thrombin-binding substance derived from human tissue and having the characteristics of (a) molecular weight: 88,000 ± 20,000 in reduced condition and 71,000 ± 20,000 in unreduced condition; (b) isoelectric point: pH 4.2 ± 0.5; (c) affinity: strong for thrombin; (d) activities: capable of promoting the thrombin-catalyzed activation of protein C and prolonging clotting time; and (e) stability: stable over a pH range of 2 to 10 and stable to denaturing agents (sodium dodecylsulfate and urea) and to a pepsin treatment, is effectively useful forthrombolysis and anticoagulation. It can be produced by extracting human placenta fragments with a buffer solution containing a non-ionic surfactant, and isolating the substance from the extract by diisopropylphosphoro-thrombin affinity chromatography, gel filtration, or a combination of these.
Inventors
- 👤 Nobuo Aoki
- 👤 Shinichiro Kurosawa
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