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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Immunoproteins > Complement System Proteins > Complement C2 > Complement C2a

Preferred term

Complement C2a  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • C2a Complement
  • C2a Fragment, Complement
  • Complement 2a
  • Complement, C2a
  • Complement C2a Fragment
  • Complement C2 Fragment a

Scope note

  • The COOH-terminal fragment of COMPLEMENT 2, released by the action of activated COMPLEMENT C1S. It is a SERINE PROTEASE. C2a combines with COMPLEMENT C4B to form C4b2a (CLASSICAL PATHWAY C3 CONVERTASE) and subsequent C4b2a3b (CLASSICAL PATHWAY C5 CONVERTASE).

History note

  • 2006 (1986)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D050678

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