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Factor X is cleaved by factor IXa (in the intrinsic pathway), or by factor VIIa (in the extrinsic pathway) to release the activation peptide, and yield the active factor Xa. The vitamin K-dependent, enzymatic carboxylation of some glutamate residues allows the modified protein to bind calcium via the GLA domain. Zymogen human factor X has four carbohydrate-attachment sites in the activation peptide, O-glycosidic linkages are to Thr17 and Thr29, and N-glycosidic linkages are to Asn39 and Asn49.

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==Enzyme Mechanism==

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The mechanism by which the transition state is stabilized has been the topic of recent debate. Some groups suggest that His57 and Asp102 form and especially strong hydrogen bond, called a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-barrier_hydrogen_bond low barrier hydrogen bond (LBHB)]. They hypothesize that this hydrogen bond could promote formation of the transition state by stabilizing the Asp –His association and enhancing the bascisity of His57. <ref> PMID: 7661899</ref> <ref name="Frey alone">Frey, Perry A. Strong hydrogen bonding in chymotrypsin and other serine proteases. Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry (2004), 17(6-7), 511-520. </ref>  This would enhance catalysis in the first step of the reaction. Formation of a LBHB requires a ΔpKa of approximately zero and a donor-to-acceptor distance of less then 2.65 Å for a nitrogen-oxygen pair like His57 and Asp102. Unlike a standard hydrogen bond, in which the hydrogen is located on the donor atom, a hydrogen in a LBHB is located equidistant  between the 2 atoms. <ref name="subang"> PMID: 16834383 </ref> In 1998 Kuhn and colleagues published a crystal structure of ''Bacillus lentus'' subtilisn, another serine proetase, with 0.78 Å resolution at pH 5.9. The structure showed a distance of approximately 2.62 Å between the His57 nitrogen and the Asp102 oxygen, suggesting a LBHB. <ref> PMID: 9753430 </ref>

A more recent crystal structure of α-Lytic protease, published in 2006 with 0.82 Å resolution argues against both the his flip mechanism and the presence of a LBHB between His57 and Asp102 (2.755 Å in this structure). Fuhrmann ''et al'' suggests that a LBHB may have been present in the subtilisin strucutre, it is not required for the serine protease mechanism. Instead they state that the chymotrypsin-like proteases may use a network of optimized hydrogen bonds to position the stabilize the tetrahedral intermediate and position the catalytic triad. Ser195 undergoes a shift of ~1Å upon protonation of His57 that destabilizes the His57-Ser195 H-bond. This conformation change would prevent His57 from reprotonating Ser195 leading to regeneration of the substrate.<ref name="subang" />

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