plasminogen activation

id: GO:0031639
name: plasminogen activation
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The process in which inactive plasminogen is processed to active plasmin. This process includes cleavage at an internal Arg-Val site to form an N-terminal A-chain and C-terminal B-chain held together by a disulfide bond, and can include further proteolytic cleavage events to remove the preactivation peptide.

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