| complement 3 convertase | <enzyme> The enzyme which in both the classical and alternate complement pathways cleaves complement 3 into anaphylatoxin (c3a) and c3b. Registry number: EC 3.4.21.43 (12 Dec 1998) |
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| C3 proactivator convertase | <enzyme> A serum protein which during the alternate pathway of complement activation converts the inactive properdin factor b to c3 convertase. Registry number: EC 3.4.21.46 (12 Dec 1998) |
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| Vg convertase | <enzyme> Subtilisin-like enzyme which cleaves pro-vitellogenin in fat bodies; isolated from the mosquito a. Aegypti; genbank l46373 Registry number: EC 3.4.99.- Synonym: vitellogenin convertase (26 Jun 1999) |
| PC4 proprotein convertase | <enzyme> Member of the kex2-subtilisin-like proprotein convertase family; there are at least three pc4 mrnas, a, b, and c (654, 619 and 609 amino acids respectively); abundant in rat testis; do not confuse with an immediate early protein pc4 Registry number: EC 3.4.21.- Synonym: pc4 protein (26 Jun 1999) |
| PC5 proprotein convertase | <enzyme> Member of the subtilisin/kexin-like proprotein convertase family; isolated from mouse (mpc5) and rat (rpc5) genbank l14932 (mouse), l14933 (rat) Registry number: EC 3.4.21.- Synonym: pc5 protein, mpc5, rpc5, prohormone convertase pc5 (26 Jun 1999) |
| PC8 prohormone convertase | <enzyme> Shows amino acid identity with the mammalian convertases furin (54%), pace4 (53%), pc1 (53%), and pc2 (52%); amino acid sequence given in first source Registry number: EC 3.4.21.- Synonym: pc8 protein (26 Jun 1999) |
| convertase | Proteases of complement that convert one component into another. See: component of complement. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pro-ocytocin-neurophysin convertase | <enzyme> Cleaves pro-ocytocin-neurophysin at the cooh-terminal side of arg 12 to release the bioactive peptide Registry number: EC 3.4.99.- Synonym: pro-ot-np convertase, pro-oxytocin-neurophysin convertase (26 Jun 1999) |
| somatostatin-28 convertase | <enzyme> Converts somatostatin-28 to somatostatin-14 and somatostatin-28(1-12) Registry number: EC 3.4.99.- Synonym: s-28 convertase (26 Jun 1999) |
| N-arginine dibasic convertase | <enzyme> Catalyses cleavage at the n-terminus of arginine residues in dibasic stretches of proteins; located in brain cortex; genbank l27124 Registry number: EC 3.4.24.- Synonym: nrd convertase, n-arg dibasic convertase (26 Jun 1999) |
| surfactant subtype convertase | <enzyme> Converts surfactant heavy subtype to light subtype; inhibited by many serine proteinase inhibitors Registry number: EC 3.4.21.- Synonym: pst-convertase (26 Jun 1999) |
| LPC proprotein convertase | <enzyme> Member of the proprotein convertase family and directly implicated in oncogeneis; amino acid sequence given in first source Registry number: EC 3.4.21.- Synonym: lpc gene product, lpc protein (26 Jun 1999) |
| male chromosome complement | The large majority of males have a 46, xy chromosome complement (46 chromosomes including an x and a y chromosome). A minority of males have other chromosome constitutions such as 47,xxy (47 chromosomes including two x chromosomes and a y chromosome) and 47,xyy (47 chromosomes including an x and two y chromosomes). (12 Dec 1998) |
| genetic complement | <biology, genetics> The set of chromosomes contained within any one particular cell. (07 May 1998) |
| receptors, complement | Molecules on the surface of some B-lymphocytes and macrophages, that recognise and combine with the c3b, c3d, c1q, and c4b components of complement. (12 Dec 1998) |
| receptors, complement 3b | Molecular sites on or in some B-lymphocytes and macrophages that recognise and combine with complement 3b. The primary structure of these receptors reveal that they contain transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains, with their extracellular portion composed entirely of thirty short consensus repeats each having 60 to 70 amino acids. (12 Dec 1998) |