Limulus clotting enzyme

Limulus clotting enzyme (EC 3.4.21.86, clotting enzyme) is an enzyme.

[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction: This enzyme is present in the hemocyte granules of horseshoe crabs Limulus and Tachypleus.

In the immunity-related clotting pathways of these organisms, it is the final enzyme responsible for the activation of coagulin.

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