Crystal structures of native and thrombin-complexed heparin cofactor II reveal a multistep allosteric mechanism.
Baglin, T.P., Carrell, R.W., Church, F.C., Esmon, C.T., Huntington, J.A.(2002) Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 99: 11079-11084
- PubMed: 12169660 
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.162232399
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
- PubMed Abstract: 
The serine proteases sequentially activated to form a fibrin clot are inhibited primarily by members of the serpin family, which use a unique beta-sheet expansion mechanism to trap and destroy their targets. Since the discovery that serpins were a fa ...