Plasminogen

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Plasminogen is the zymogen form of plasmin, a broad specificity serine protease whose activity contributes to a variety of normal and pathological conditions, including intravascular thrombolysis and extracellular proteolysis. Plasminogen contains seven structural units or 'domains', each of which confer specific properties on the molecule. The kringle domains possess fibrin-binding functions and, together with...

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