Fibrinolysin
Synonyms
Fibrogammin
Glu Plasmin
Glu-Plasmin
Plasmin
Protease F
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.