The primary fibrin polymerization pocket: three-dimensional structure of a 30-kDa C-terminal gamma chain fragment complexed with the peptide Gly-Pro-Arg-Pro.
Pratt, K.P., Cote, H.C., Chung, D.W., Stenkamp, R.E., Davie, E.W.(1997) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 94: 7176-7181
- PubMed: 9207064 
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.14.7176
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2FIB, 3FIB - PubMed Abstract: 
After vascular injury, a cascade of serine protease activations leads to the conversion of the soluble fibrinogen molecule into fibrin. The fibrin monomers then polymerize spontaneously and noncovalently to form a fibrin gel. The primary interaction of t ...