Thrombin

F2
Identifiers
AliasesF2, PT, RPRGL2, THPH1, coagulation factor II, thrombin
External IDsOMIM: 176930; MGI: 88380; GeneCards: F2
Available structures
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Enzyme activity
EC #BRENDAExPASyKEGGMetaCyc
3.4.21.5↗↗↗↗
Orthologs
DatabasesNCBI: entry; OMA: entry
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

2147

14061

Ensembl

ENSG00000180210

ENSMUSG00000027249

UniProt

P00734

P19221

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_000506
NM_001311257

NM_010168

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000497

NP_034298

Location (UCSC)Chr 11: 46.72 – 46.74 MbChr 2: 91.46 – 91.47 Mb
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Schematic diagram of the blood coagulation and protein C pathways. In the blood coagulation pathway, thrombin acts to convert factor XI to XIa, VIII to VIIIa V to Va, fibrinogen to fibrin. In addition, thrombin promotes platelet activation and aggregation via activation of protease-activated receptors on the cell membrane of the platelet. Thrombin also cross over into the protein C pathway by converting protein C into APC. APC in turn converts factor V into Vi, and VIIIa into VIIIi. Finally APC activates PAR-1 and EPCR.
Role of thrombin in the blood coagulation cascade

Thrombin (factor IIa, EC 3.4.21.5) is a serine protease that converts fibrinogen into strands of insoluble fibrin, as well as catalyzing many other coagulation-related reactions.

Prothrombin (coagulation factor II) is encoded in the human by the F2 gene. It is proteolytically cleaved during the clotting process by the prothrombinase enzyme complex to form thrombin.