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Biological Factors > Blood Coagulation Factors > Kallikreins
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Blood Coagulation Factors > Kallikreins
... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Hydrolases > Peptide Hydrolases > Endopeptidases > Serine Endopeptidases > Kallikreins
... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Hydrolases > Peptide Hydrolases > Serine Proteases > Serine Endopeptidases > Kallikreins

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Kallikreins  

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Entry terms

  • Callicrein
  • Enzyme, Kinin-Forming
  • Kallidinogenase
  • Kalliginogenase
  • Kallikrein
  • Kinin Forming Enzyme
  • Kinin-Forming Enzyme
  • Kininogenase

Note

  • /antag permitted but consider KALLIKREIN-TRYPSIN INACTIVATOR

Scope note

  • Proteolytic enzymes from the serine endopeptidase family found in normal blood and urine. Specifically, Kallikreins are potent vasodilators and hypotensives and increase vascular permeability and affect smooth muscle. They act as infertility agents in men. Three forms are recognized, PLASMA KALLIKREIN (EC 3.4.21.34), TISSUE KALLIKREIN (EC 3.4.21.35), and PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN (EC 3.4.21.77).

History note

  • 2000(1963)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007610

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