Occurrence of structural specialization of the serine protease domain of complement factor B at the emergence of jawed vertebrates and adaptive immunity

Mammalian complement factor B (Bf) and C2 are two central enzymes involved in complement activation, and constitute the catalytic subunit of C3 convertases of the alternative and classical pathways, respectively. They share the same domain structure: from the N-terminus, three short consensus repeat...

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