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Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Hydrolases > Complement Activating Enzymes > Complement C3-C5 Convertases
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Immunoproteins > Complement System Proteins > Complement Activating Enzymes > Complement C3-C5 Convertases

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Complement C3-C5 Convertases  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • C3 C5 Convertase
  • C3-C5 Convertase
  • Convertase, C3-C5

Scope note

  • Serine proteases that cleave COMPLEMENT C3 into COMPLEMENT C3A and COMPLEMENT C3B, or cleave COMPLEMENT C5 into COMPLEMENT C5A and COMPLEMENT C5B. These include the different forms of C3/C5 convertases in the classical and the alternative pathways of COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION. Both cleavages take place at the C-terminal of an ARGININE residue.

History note

  • 2006 (1978)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D050577

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