title: [Mechanisms of activation of tissue-type plasminogen activator].
abstract: Tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) is an important component of the fibrinolytic system. t-PA is released into the circulation as a one-chain peptide with little enzyme activity. There exist several mechanisms which enhance plasminogen activation rate by t-PA: 1. activation of enzyme activity of one-chain t-PA by fibrin binding; 2. activation of enzyme activity by transforming one-chain to two-chain t-PA by plasmin; 3. stimulation of plasminogen activation by forming a ternary complex of t-PA, plasminogen and fibrin; 4. stimulation of plasminogen activation by forming Lys-plasminogen, which has a higher affinity to fibrin and is a better substrate for t-PA than Glu-plasminogen; 5. enhancement of ternary complex concentration after initiation of fibrinolysis due to tighter binding of t-PA and plasminogen to partially degraded fibrin.
authors.affiliation: Zentralinstitut für Molekularbiologie und Forschungszentrum Biotechnologie, Berlin, DDR.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001711:Biotransformation; D006801:Humans; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator
vernacular_title: Mechanismem der Aktivierung des Gewebetyp-Plasminogen-Aktivators.