Question

What is the importance of prothrombin in blood clotting?

Answer 1

It is a protein in our blood generally inactive form is prothrombin and activated to form thrombin it help in blood clotting as through cascade mechanism.

Answer 2

Prothrombin, or factor II, is one of the clotting factors made by the liver. Vitamin K is needed to make prothrombin and other clotting factors. Prothrombin time is an important test because it checks to see if five different blood clotting factors (factors I, II, V, VII, and X) are present.