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<applet load="1ppb" size="350" color="white" frame="true" align="left" spinBox="true"  
<applet load="1ppb" size="350" color="white" frame="true" align="left" spinBox="true"  
caption="Human Thrombin with PPACK inhibitor [[1ppb]]" />
caption="Human Thrombin heavy chain (pink) and light chain (green) with PPACK inhibitor [[1ppb]]" />


'''Thrombin''' is a "trypsin-like" serine protease.  Its structure (PDB code [[1ppb]]) is shown here with a peptide chloroketone inhibitor (PPACK).  The thrombin A chain (cleaved N terminal fragement) is shown in cyan and the B chain is shown in red.  The <scene name='Serine_Protease/Active_site/2'>Active site</scene> is made up of a catalytic triad of Ser195, His57 and Asp102, backed up by Ser214.  The peptide chloroketone inhibitor (PPACK) is shown in purple.  A closeup shows the <scene name='Serine_Protease/Activation_site/2'>activation site</scene> at which the sidechain of Asp194 makes a salt link with the N-terminus at residue 16, newly formed when the A chain is cleaved in the zymogen-to-enzyme activation process.  The specificity pocket is on one side of the throat of the domain 2 beta barrel, and the activation site is close next to it.
'''Thrombin''' is a "trypsin-like" serine protease.  Its structure (PDB code [[1ppb]]) is shown here with a peptide chloroketone inhibitor (PPACK).  The thrombin A chain (cleaved N terminal fragement) is shown in cyan and the B chain is shown in red.  The <scene name='Serine_Protease/Active_site/2'>Active site</scene> is made up of a catalytic triad of Ser195, His57 and Asp102, backed up by Ser214.  The peptide chloroketone inhibitor (PPACK) is shown in purple.  A closeup shows the <scene name='Serine_Protease/Activation_site/2'>activation site</scene> at which the sidechain of Asp194 makes a salt link with the N-terminus at residue 16, newly formed when the A chain is cleaved in the zymogen-to-enzyme activation process.  The specificity pocket is on one side of the throat of the domain 2 beta barrel, and the activation site is close next to it.
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== 3D Structures of thrombin==
== 3D Structures of thrombin==


''Updated February 2013''
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===Thrombin===
===Thrombin===

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