A thrombin derivative having a lowered fibrinogen activity, a process for producing
thereof, an anhydrothrombin derivative having a lowered fibrinogen activity, and
a process for producing thereof are provided. This invention is to provide a thrombin
derivative formed by modifying carboxyl group(s) of the thrombin and an anhydrothrombin
derivative formed by modifying carboxyl group(s) of the anhydrothrombin. The thrombin
derivative can be utilized as a composition for inducing platelet aggregation and
further as a reagent of specific aggregation for clinical testing and the like.
By affinity chromatography using carboxyl group(s) bound with anhydrothrombin as
a ligand, it is made possible to carry out necessary purification with high selectivity
relative to the blood coagulation factor VIII. Further, the anhydrothrombin derivative
which results from modifying carboxyl group(s) of anhydrothrombin produces sufficient
antithrombogenic effects at a smaller amount as compared with the previous anhydrothrombin
and, therefore, can be utilized as an agent for inhibiting the thrombogenesis.