Intermolecular autocatalytic activation of serine protease zymogen factor C through an active transition state responding to lipopolysaccharide

Genetic engineering approach to develop next-generation reagents for endotoxin quantification

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Tailored placement of a turn-forming PA tag into the structured domain of a protein to probe its conformational state

(2016) Yuki Fujii et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Characterization of a Gene Coding for the Complement System Component FB from Loxosceles laeta Spider Venom Glands

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Factor B Is the Second Lipopolysaccharide-binding Protease Zymogen in the Horseshoe Crab Coagulation Cascade

(2015) Yuki Kobayashi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

IrFC – An Ixodes ricinus injury-responsive molecule related to Limulus Factor C

(2014) Veronika Urbanová et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

The N-terminal Arg Residue Is Essential for Autocatalytic Activation of a Lipopolysaccharide-responsive Protease Zymogen

(2014) Yuki Kobayashi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Factor C Acts as a Lipopolysaccharide-Responsive C3 Convertase in Horseshoe Crab Complement Activation

(2014) S. Ariki et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

New Fundamentals in Hemostasis

(2013) Henri H. Versteeg et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Microbe-Specific C3b Deposition in the Horseshoe Crab Complement System in a C2/Factor B-Dependent or -Independent Manner

(2012) Keisuke Tagawa et al.   PLoS One

Sadaaki Iwanaga: discovery of the lipopolysaccharide- and  -1,3-D-glucan-mediated proteolytic cascade and unique proteins in invertebrate immunity

(2010) S. i. Kawabata et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY

Coagulation in Vertebrates with a Focus on Evolution and Inflammation

(2010) Russell F. Doolittle   Journal of Innate Immunity

Coagulation Systems of Invertebrates and Vertebrates and Their Roles in Innate Immunity: The Same Side of Two Coins?

(2010) Torsten G. Loof et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

Proteolytic cascades and their involvement in invertebrate immunity

(2010) Lage Cerenius et al.   TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES

The Macromolecular Assembly of Pathogen-Recognition Receptors is Impelled by Serine Proteases, via Their Complement Control Protein Modules

(2008) Agnès Le Saux et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY