TPA Tissue Plasminogen Activator, Alteplase, DKFZp686I03148, Plasminogen activator tissue, Plasminogen activator tissue type, PLAT, Reteplase, t PA, T Plasminogen Activator, t-PA, T-plasminogen activator, Tissue plasminogen activator (t PA), Tissue type
This gene encodes tissue-type plasminogen activator, a secreted serine protease which converts the proenzyme plasminogen to plasmin, a fibrinolytic enzyme. Tissue-type plasminogen activator is synthesized as a single chain which is cleaved by plasmin to