About The Medical Condition Thrombolysin

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Thrombolysin

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Thrombolysin Medical Condition

What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Thrombolysin?

A product of the lysis of plasminogen (profibrinolysin) by PLASMINOGEN activators. It is composed of two polypeptide chains, light (B) and heavy (A), with a molecular weight of 75,000. It is the major proteolytic enzyme involved in blood clot retraction or the lysis of fibrin and quickly inactivated by antiplasmins.

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