NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Factor X is a clotting protein (also called a clotting factor). Clotting factors are specialized proteins that are essential for proper clotting, the process by which blood clumps together to plug the site of a wound to stop bleeding. Clotting requires a series of reactions to ultimately form a clot to plug a wound.

Detailed explanation-2: -Blood clotting normally occurs when there is damage to a blood vessel. Platelets immediately begin to adhere to the cut edges of the vessel and release chemicals to attract even more platelets. A platelet plug is formed, and the external bleeding stops.

Detailed explanation-3: -Factor X is activated by a single peptide bond cleavage, Arg51-IIe52 in the heavy chain of the proenzyme. The activation peptide is highly glycosylated, as are many of the activation peptides of the procoagulant proenzymes.

Detailed explanation-4: -Factor X (Stuart–Prower factor) is a vitamin K-dependent clotting factor. It plays a central role in the coagulation cascade at the point of convergence of the intrinsic and extrinsic pathways. Factor X is synthesized by the liver.