Monday, January 14, 2008

40 - clotting factors 13 list

Primary Factors

Factor

Trivial Name(s)

Pathway

Characteristic

Prekallikrein (PK)

Fletcher factor

Intrinsic

Functions with HMWK and factor XII

High molecular weight kininogen (HMWK)

contact activation cofactor; Fitzgerald, Flaujeac Williams factor

Intrinsic

Co-factor in kallikrein and factor XII activation, necessary in factor XIIa activation of XI, precursor for bradykinin (a potent vasodilator and inducer of smooth muscle contraction

I

Fibrinogen

Both

-

II

Prothrombin

Both

Contains N-term. gla segment

III

Tissue Factor

Extrinsic

-

IV

Calcium

Both

-

V

Proaccelerin, labile factor, accelerator (Ac-) globulin

Both

Protein cofactor

VI

(same as Va)

Accelerin

Both

This is Va, redundant to Factor V

VII

Proconvertin, serum prothrombin conversion accelerator (SPCA), cothromboplastin

Extrinsic

Endopeptidase with gla residues

VIII

Antihemophiliac factor A, antihemophilic globulin (AHG)

Intrinsic

Protein cofactor

IX

Christmas Factor,
antihemophilic factor B,plasma thromboplastin component (PTC)

Intrinsic

Endopeptidase with gla residues

X

Stuart-Prower Factor

Both

Endopeptidase with gla residues

XI

Plasma thromboplastin antecedent (PTA)

Intrinsic

Endopeptidase

XII

Hageman Factor

Intrinsic

Endopeptidase

XIII

Protransglutaminase,
fibrin stabilizing factor (FSF), fibrinoligase

Both

Transpeptidase

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