| activase | <enzyme> A thrombolytic agent which works by activating the bodys own fibrinolytic system by activating the production of plasmin from plasminogen. Plasmin is an enzyme which degrades fibrin clots and fibrinogen, as well as several other protein clotting factors. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| ribulosebisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase activase | <chemical> Requires ATP; amino acid sequence given in first source Synonym: rubisco activase, rca protein (26 Jun 1999) |