Apoprotein(a)

"Apoprotein(a)" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A large and highly glycosylated protein constituent of LIPOPROTEIN (A). It has very little affinity for lipids but forms disulfide-linkage to APOLIPOPROTEIN B-100. Apoprotein(a) has SERINE PROTEINASE activity and can be of varying sizes from 400- to 800-kDa. It is homologous to PLASMINOGEN and is known to modulate THROMBOSIS and FIBRINOLYSIS.

Descriptor ID	D053241
MeSH Number(s)	D10.532.350.500 D12.776.521.400.500
Concept/Terms	Apoprotein(a) Apoprotein(a) Apo Lp(a) Apolipoprotein (a) Apoprotein (a) Apolipoprotein Lp(a+) Apolipoprotein(a) Antiangiogenic AK38 Protein Protein, Antiangiogenic AK38 Apolipoprotein Lp(a)

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Lipids [D10]
Lipoproteins [D10.532]
Lipoprotein(a) [D10.532.350]
Apoprotein(a) [D10.532.350.500]
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
Proteins [D12.776]
Lipoproteins [D12.776.521]
Lipoprotein(a) [D12.776.521.400]
Apoprotein(a) [D12.776.521.400.500]

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