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ProteinQ416351· pop 21· linked from 396 articles

Plasminogen activator, tissue type

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Also known as alteplase, uniprot:P00750, TPA, t-plasminogen activator, plasminogen/activator kringle, reteplase, PLAT, tissue-type plasminogen activator

protein involved in the breakdown of blood clots

Protein · UniProt

Tissue-type plasminogen activator

Gene
PLAT
Organism
Homo sapiens (Human)
Length
562 aa
Molecular mass
62,917 Da
Evidence
1: Evidence at protein level

Converts the abundant, but inactive, zymogen plasminogen to plasmin by hydrolyzing a single Arg-Val bond in plasminogen. By controlling plasmin-mediated proteolysis, it plays an important role in tissue remodeling and degradation, in cell migration and many other physiopathological events. During oocyte activation, plays a role in cortical granule reaction in the zona reaction, which contributes to the block to polyspermy (By similarity)

3D-structureAlternative splicingCleavage on pair of basic residuesDirect protein sequencingDisulfide bondEGF-like domainGlycoproteinHydrolase
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Clinical Trials

127 registered

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
protein
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found in taxon
Homo sapiens
Commons category
Tissue plasminogen activator
physically interacts with
aminocaproic acid
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