The __________ complex rapidly converts protein C to its activated state, resulting in proteolytic cleavage of activated factor V.

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The thrombin-thrombomodulin complex rapidly converts protein C to its activated state, resulting in the proteolytic cleavage of activated factor V. This process is an important negative feedback mechanism in the coagulation cascade, as activated protein C (APC) inhibits the activation of factors VIII and V and promotes fibrinolysis by degrading plasminogen activator inhibitor 1. Prothrombin, fibrin-fibrinogen, and plasmin-plasminogen complexes are not involved in this specific process.

The __________ Complex Rapidly Converts Protein C to Its Activated