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.