by the prothrombinase enzyme complex to form thrombin.

History

After the description of fibrinogen and fibrin, Alexander Schmidt hypothesised the existence of an enzyme that converts fibrinogen into fibrin in 1872.

Prothrombin was discovered by Pekelharing in 1894.

Physiology

Synthesis

Thrombin is produced by the enzymatic cleavage of two

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