Apoprotein(a)
Synonyms
Antiangiogenic AK38 Protein
Apo Lp(a)
Apolipoprotein (a)
Apolipoprotein Lp(a)
Apolipoprotein Lp(a+)
Apolipoprotein(a)
Apoprotein (a)
Protein, Antiangiogenic AK38
A large and highly glycosylated protein constituent of LIPOPROTEIN (A). It has very little affinity for lipids but forms disulfide-linkage to APOLIPOPROTEIN B-100. Apoprotein(a) has SERINE PROTEINASE activity and can be of varying sizes from 400- to 800-kDa. It is homologous to PLASMINOGEN and is known to modulate THROMBOSIS and FIBRINOLYSIS.