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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Bacterial Proteins > Coagulase
... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Hydrolases > Peptide Hydrolases > Endopeptidases > Coagulase

Preferred term

Coagulase  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Clumping Factor, Staphylococcal
  • Factor, Staphylococcal Clumping
  • Staphylocoagulase
  • Staphylococcal Clumping Factor
  • Staphylococcus aureus clone pSCa2 of Coagulase
  • Staphylococcus aureus strain 213 of Coagulase
  • Staphylococcus aureus strain 8325 4 of Coagulase
  • Staphylococcus aureus strain 8325-4 of Coagulase

Note

  • do not routinely add when indexing coagulase negative organisms; index only when discussed

Scope note

  • Enzymes that cause coagulation in plasma by forming a complex with human PROTHROMBIN. Coagulases are produced by certain STAPHYLOCOCCUS and YERSINIA PESTIS. Staphylococci produce two types of coagulase: Staphylocoagulase, a free coagulase that produces true clotting of plasma, and Staphylococcal clumping factor, a bound coagulase in the cell wall that induces clumping of cells in the presence of fibrinogen.

History note

  • 66(64); was see under HYDROLASES 1963-65; STAPHYLOCOAGULASE was see under HYDROLASES 1963-67

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003030

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