Plasmin

PLG
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesPLG, plasminogen, plasmin, HAE4
External IDsOMIM: 173350; MGI: 97620; HomoloGene: 55452; GeneCards: PLG; OMA:PLG - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001168338
NM_000301

NM_008877

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000292
NP_001161810

NP_032903

Location (UCSC)Chr 6: 160.7 – 160.75 MbChr 17: 12.6 – 12.64 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Plasmin is an important enzyme (EC 3.4.21.7) present in blood that degrades many blood plasma proteins, including fibrin clots. The degradation of fibrin is termed fibrinolysis. In humans, the plasmin protein (in the zymogen form of plasminogen) is encoded by the PLG gene.[5]

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000122194Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000059481Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ "Entrez Gene: plasminogen".