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Biological Factors > Blood Coagulation Factors > Plasminogen Activators > Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Blood Coagulation Factors > Plasminogen Activators > Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator
... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Hydrolases > Peptide Hydrolases > Endopeptidases > Serine Endopeptidases > Plasminogen Activators > Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator
... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Hydrolases > Peptide Hydrolases > Serine Proteases > Serine Endopeptidases > Plasminogen Activators > Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator

Preferred term

Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Plasminogen Activator, Urokinase-Type
  • U-PA
  • U Plasminogen Activator
  • U-Plasminogen Activator
  • Urinary Plasminogen Activator
  • Urokinase

Scope note

  • A proteolytic enzyme that converts PLASMINOGEN to FIBRINOLYSIN where the preferential cleavage is between ARGININE and VALINE. It was isolated originally from human URINE, but is found in most tissues of most VERTEBRATES.

History note

  • 2009(1963)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014568

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