Human Protein C

Purified from fresh frozen human plasma using a combination of salt precipitations and column chromatography. The protein purity is determined by SDS-PAGE and shows total reduction upon incubation with 2-mercaptoethanol. Protein C is activated to the serine protease, Activated Protein C (APC), by a-thrombin or the complex of a-thrombin/thrombomodulin and is a potent anticoagulant through the selective inactivation of Factors Va and VIIIa.