Anti-Prothrombin/F2 Antibody Picoband®

F2 (Coagulation Factor II), also known as thrombin, is a serine protease that in humans is encoded by the F2 gene. Royle et al. (1987) assigned the gene for human prothrombin (F2) to chromosome 11p11-q12 by analysis of a panel of somatic cell hybrid DNAs and by in situ hybridization, using both cDNA and genomic probes. The activated thrombin enzyme plays an important role in hemostasis and thrombosis: it converts fibrinogen to fibrin for blood clot formation, stimulates platelet aggregation, and activates coagulation factors V, VIII (F8), and XIII (F13A1) . Thrombin also inhibits coagulation by activating protein C.

Prothrombin;3.4.21.5; Coagulation factor II; Activation peptide fragment 1; Activation peptide fragment 2; Thrombin light chain; Thrombin heavy chain; F2

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Thrombin, which cleaves bonds after Arg and Lys, converts fibrinogen to fibrin and activates factors V, VII, VIII, XIII, and, in complex with thrombomodulin, protein C. Functions in blood homeostasis, inflammation and wound healing.

1. Lancellotti, S., De Cristofaro, R. Congenital prothrombin deficiency. Semin. Thromb. Hemost. 35: 367-381, 2009. 2. Royle, N. J., Irwin, D. M., Koschinsky, M. L., MacGillivray, R. T. A., Hamerton, J. L. Human genes encoding prothrombin and ceruloplasmin map to 11p11-q12 and 3q21-24, respectively. Somat. Cell Molec. Genet. 13: 285-292, 1987.

Store at -20°C for one year from date of receipt. After reconstitution, at 4°C for one month. It can also be aliquotted and stored frozen at -20°C for six months. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.