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The modulation of enzymatic activity by a protein cofactor may be accomplished in several ways, as illustrated by two new structures.
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Esmon, C., Mather, T. Switching serine protease specificity. Nat Struct Mol Biol 5, 933–937 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/2906
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