Table 1.

Interaction of the exosites (I and II) of thrombin in substrate recognition (depicted as yes or no) and with cofactors that accelerate the substrate reactions


Substrate

Cofactor

Exosite I

Exosite II
Fibrinogen (Aα)   None   Yes   No  
Fibrinogen (Bβ)   None   Yes   No  
Fibrinogen   None   Yes   Yes  
Factor V*  None   Yes   Yes  
Factor VIII*  None   Yes   Yes  
ADAMTS 13*  None   Yes   No  
Factor XIII   Fibrin   With fibrin   No  
PAR-1   GpIbα   Yes   With GpIbα  
Factor XI   GpIbα   Yes   With GpIbα  
GpV   GpIbα   Uncertain   With GpIbα  
Protein C   TM   With TM   With TM when CS is present  
TAFI   TM   With TM   With TM when CS is present  
AT   Heparin   No   With heparin  
HCII
 
Heparin
 
Yes
 
With heparin
 

Substrate

Cofactor

Exosite I

Exosite II
Fibrinogen (Aα)   None   Yes   No  
Fibrinogen (Bβ)   None   Yes   No  
Fibrinogen   None   Yes   Yes  
Factor V*  None   Yes   Yes  
Factor VIII*  None   Yes   Yes  
ADAMTS 13*  None   Yes   No  
Factor XIII   Fibrin   With fibrin   No  
PAR-1   GpIbα   Yes   With GpIbα  
Factor XI   GpIbα   Yes   With GpIbα  
GpV   GpIbα   Uncertain   With GpIbα  
Protein C   TM   With TM   With TM when CS is present  
TAFI   TM   With TM   With TM when CS is present  
AT   Heparin   No   With heparin  
HCII
 
Heparin
 
Yes
 
With heparin
 

TM, thrombomodulin; CS, chondroitin sulphate; AT, antithrombin; HCII, heparin cofactor II.

*

Denotes more than 1 peptide bond is cleaved by thrombin.

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