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Determination of serine protease levels may be useful in the context of particular diseases. Coagulation factor levels may be required in the diagnosis of hemorrhagic or thrombotic conditions. Fecal elastase is employed to determine the exocrine activity of the pancreas, e.g., in cystic fibrosis or chronic pancreatitis.
Elevated levels of PAI-1 also seem to increase the risk of atherothrombotic events and may also promote vascular disease. [6] Plasminogen activator inhibitor-2 (PAI-2) is a serine protease that inactivates tPA and uPA. PAI-2 is produced by the placenta and only found in high quantities in the blood during pregnancy. [7]
Factor D is a serine protease present in blood and tissue in an active sequence but self-inhibited conformation. The only known natural substrate of Factor D is Factor B, and cleavage of the Arg 234-Lys 235 scissile bond in Factor B results in two Factor B fragments, Ba and Bb.
PAI-1 is a serine protease inhibitor that functions as the principal inhibitor of tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) and urokinase (uPA), the activators of plasminogen and hence fibrinolysis (the physiological breakdown of blood clots). It is a serine protease inhibitor (serpin) protein (SERPINE1).
MBL in the blood is complexed with (bound to) a serine protease called MASP (MBL-associated serine protease). There are three MASPs: MASP-1, MASP-2 and MASP-3, which have protease domains. There are also sMAP (also called MAp19) and MAp44, which do not have protease domains and are thought to be regulatory molecules of MASPs.
The blood coagulation and Protein C pathway.. Factor IX is produced as a zymogen, an inactive precursor.It is processed to remove the signal peptide, glycosylated and then cleaved by factor XIa (of the contact pathway) or factor VIIa (of the tissue factor pathway) to produce a two-chain form, where the chains are linked by a disulfide bridge.
Blood coagulation pathways in vivo showing the central role played by thrombin. Factor Xa is the activated form of the coagulation factor X, also known as thrombokinase. Factor X is an enzyme, a serine endopeptidase, which plays a key role at several stages of the coagulation system. Factor X is synthesized in the liver.
Serine ball and stick model spinning. Serine (symbol Ser or S) [3] [4] is an α-amino acid that is used in the biosynthesis of proteins. It contains an α-amino group (which is in the protonated − NH +