From gamma-carboxy-glutamate to protein C.
The story I shall recount started in 1969, when I was given the opportunity to join the Department of Clinical Chemistry at the University Hospital in Malmö. I had just finished medical school at the university in the neighboring town of Lund. Parallel to pursuing my medical studies I had spent some time in the Department of Biochemistry. I did not know much about biochemistry, but it was enough for me to realize that I wanted to do laboratory research rather than developing a clinical career. I was happy to accept an offer to start working in the laboratory, particularly as the head of the department, Professor Carl-Bertil Laurell, had an excellent reputation. As it turned out, I came to spend almost all of my professional life in the laboratory.
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Department of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden. johan.stenflo@med.lu.se
D015055:1-Carboxyglutamic Acid / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000266:history / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000494:pharmacology; D001671:Biochemistry / Q000266:history; D001777:Blood Coagulation / Q000187:drug effects; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D001728:Dicumarol / Q000494:pharmacology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D011486:Protein C / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000266:history / Q000378:metabolism; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011516:Prothrombin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D014812:Vitamin K / Q000378:metabolism
D000925:Anticoagulants; D009842:Oligopeptides; D011486:Protein C; D014812:Vitamin K; D015055:1-Carboxyglutamic Acid; D001728:Dicumarol; D011516:Prothrombin; D002118:Calcium