Tags: Protein.
ADAMTS13 (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with a thrombospondin type 1 motif member 13)—also known as von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease (VWFCP)—is a zinc-containing metalloprotease enzyme that cleaves von Willebrand factor (vWf) a large protein involved in blood clotting. It is secreted in blood and degrades large vWf multimers decreasing their activity.