Search Ontology:
GO: Biological Process

plasminogen activation

Term ID
GO:0031639
Synonyms
  • cleavage of plasminogen to plasmin
Definition
The process in which inactive plasminogen is processed to active plasmin. This process includes cleavage at an internal Arg-Val site to form an N-terminal A-chain and C-terminal B-chain held together by a disulfide bond, and can include further proteolytic cleavage events to remove the preactivation peptide. 9548733
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