A proteid body, separated by some physiologists from blood plasma. It is probably identical with fibrinogen.
Proteolytic enzyme able to decompose fibrin and thereby to dissolve blood clots.
An enzyme of the hydrolase class that catalyzes the hydrolysis of peptide bonds at the carbonyl end of lysine or arginine residues. The enzyme occurs in plasma as plasminogen, which is an inactive form and is activated by plasma or tissue activator such as urokinase.
A substance in the blood that dissolves blood clots after the blood vessels have healed.
an enzyme that dissolves the fibrin of blood clots
a trypsin-like enzyme with broad substrate specificity that degrades type IV collagen, fibronectin, fibrin and laminin and activates collagenases.
An endogenously produced fibrinolytic enzyme.
An enzyme that breaks down fibrin clots as well as milk casein.
An enzyme which degrades fibrin clots and fibrinogen, as well as several other protein clotting factors. Generated from plasminogen by the action of another protease, plasminogen activator.
The substance found in the blood that digests fibrin resulting in clot dissolution
Plasmin is an important enzyme present in blood that degrades many blood plasma proteins, most notably fibrin clots. The degradation of fibrin is termed fibrinolysis.
