Lysine 156 promotes the anomalous proenzyme activity of tPA: X-ray crystal structure of single-chain human tPA.
Renatus, M., Engh, R.A., Stubbs, M.T., Huber, R., Fischer, S., Kohnert, U., Bode, W.(1997) EMBO J 16: 4797-4805
- PubMed: 9305622 
- DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.16.4797
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1BDA - PubMed Abstract: 
Tissue type plasminogen activator (tPA) is the physiological initiator of fibrinolysis, activating plasminogen via highly specific proteolysis; plasmin then degrades fibrin with relatively broad specificity. Unlike other chymotrypsin family serine protei ...