China Takes the Lead in the Structural Determination of Lumbrokinase

After five years of arduous work, CAS scientists recently succeeded in determining the structure of lumbrokinase (earthworm fibrinolytic enzyme), shedding light on the understanding of this drug at the molecular level and laying a foundation for drug design based on its structure.Cardiac and cerebrovascular diseases are among the three most lethal illnesses now rampant in the human population. Eight years ago, Chinese scientists succeeded in extracting lumbrokinase from earth-