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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Membrane Proteins > Receptors, Cell Surface > Receptors, Proteinase-Activated

Preferred term

Receptors, Proteinase-Activated  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Endopeptidase Activated Receptor
  • Endopeptidase-Activated Receptor
  • Endopeptidase Activated Receptors
  • Endopeptidase-Activated Receptors
  • Protease Activated Receptor
  • Protease-Activated Receptor
  • Protease Activated Receptors
  • Protease-Activated Receptors
  • Proteinase Activated Receptor
  • Proteinase-Activated Receptor
  • Proteinase Activated Receptors
  • Proteinase-Activated Receptors
  • Receptor, Endopeptidase-Activated
  • Receptor, Protease-Activated
  • Receptor, Proteinase-Activated
  • Receptors, Endopeptidase-Activated
  • Receptors, Protease-Activated

Scope note

  • A class of receptors that are activated by the action of PROTEINASES. The most notable examples are the THROMBIN RECEPTORS. The receptors contain cryptic ligands that are exposed upon the selective proteolysis of specific N-terminal cleavage sites.

History note

  • 2004

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D044462

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