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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Lipoproteins > Lipoprotein(a) > Apoprotein(a)
Lipids > Lipoproteins > Lipoprotein(a) > Apoprotein(a)

Preferred term

Apoprotein(a)  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Antiangiogenic AK38 Protein
  • Apolipoprotein (a)
  • Apolipoprotein(a)
  • Apolipoprotein Lp(a)
  • Apolipoprotein Lp(a+)
  • Apo Lp(a)
  • Apoprotein (a)
  • Protein, Antiangiogenic AK38

Note

  • do not confuse with APOLIPOPROTEINS A, normal structural proteins of the alpha-lipoproteins (HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS)

Scope note

  • A large and highly glycosylated protein constituent of LIPOPROTEIN (A). It has very little affinity for lipids but forms disulfide-linkage to APOLIPOPROTEIN B-100. Apoprotein(a) has SERINE PROTEINASE activity and can be of varying sizes from 400- to 800-kDa. It is homologous to PLASMINOGEN and is known to modulate THROMBOSIS and FIBRINOLYSIS.

History note

  • 2007 (1986); use APOLIPOPROTEINS A 1988-2006

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D053241

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