Complement C3-C5 Convertases
"Complement C3-C5 Convertases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Serine proteases that cleave COMPLEMENT C3 into COMPLEMENT C3A and COMPLEMENT C3B, or cleave COMPLEMENT C5 into COMPLEMENT C5A and COMPLEMENT C5B. These include the different forms of C3/C5 convertases in the classical and the alternative pathways of COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION. Both cleavages take place at the C-terminal of an ARGININE residue.
| Descriptor ID |
D050577
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.124.486.274.045.387
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| Concept/Terms |
Complement C3-C5 Convertases- Complement C3-C5 Convertases
- C3-C5 Convertases, Complement
- Complement C3 C5 Convertases
- Convertases, Complement C3-C5
- C3-C5 Convertase
- C3 C5 Convertase
- Convertase, C3-C5
Complement C3 Convertases- Complement C3 Convertases
- C3 Convertases, Complement
- Convertases, Complement C3
- Complement 3 Convertase
- Convertase, Complement 3
- C3 Convertase
- Convertase, C3
- C3 Activator
- Activator, C3
- C 3 Convertase
- Convertase, C 3
Complement C5 Convertases- Complement C5 Convertases
- C5 Convertases, Complement
- Convertases, Complement C5
- C5 Convertase
- C5 Cleaving Enzyme
- Complement 5 Convertase
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Complement C3-C5 Convertases" by people in Profiles.
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A soluble chimeric inhibitor of C3 and C5 convertases, complement activation blocker-2, prolongs graft survival in pig-to-rhesus monkey heart transplantation. Xenotransplantation. 2002 Mar; 9(2):125-34.
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Autoantibody to complement neoantigens in membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis. J Pediatr. 1990 May; 116(5):S98-102.