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DeCS

Descriptor English:

Complement C3-C5 Convertases

Descriptor Spanish:

Convertasas del Complemento C3-C5

Descriptor Portuguese:

Convertases dos Complementos C3-C5

Synonyms English:

C3 Convertase

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Definition English:

Serine proteases that cleave COMPLEMENT C3 into COMPLEMENT C3A and COMPLEMENT C3B, or cleave COMPLEMENT C5 into COMPLEMENT C5A and COMPLEMENT C5B. These include the different forms of C3/C5 convertases in the classical and the alternative pathways of COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION. Both cleavages take place at the C-terminal of an ARGININE residue.

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History Note English:

2006 (1978)

Allowable Qualifiers English:

Record Number:

50828

Unique Identifier:

D050577

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