| convertase | Proteases of complement that convert one component into another. See: component of complement. (05 Mar 2000) |
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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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |