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What does plasmin mean?

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Noun
  1. (biochemistry) A proteolytic enzyme that dissolves the fibrin in blood clots.
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This is performed largely by the enzyme plasmin, generated from its inactive precursor, plasminogen.
Tranexamic acid is an antifibrinolytic agent that competitively inhibits the activation of plasminogen to plasmin.
When tenecteplase activates plasminogen, it converts into plasmin, which breaks down the fibrin mesh that binds the clot together.
Tissue plasminogen activator and, to a lesser degree, urokinase are serine proteases which convert plasminogen to plasmin.
Degradation of fibrin clots is the function of plasmin, a serine protease that circulates as the inactive proenzyme, plasminogen.
An overdose of streptokinase may lead to bleeding from systemic fibrinogenolysis, which is the breakdown of the coagulation factors by plasmin.

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