Complement Activating Enzymes
"Complement Activating Enzymes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Enzymes that activate one or more COMPLEMENT PROTEINS in the complement system leading to the formation of the COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX, an important response in host defense. They are enzymes in the various COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION pathways.
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D003166
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.300 D12.776.124.486.274.045
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Liszewski MK, Leung MK, Hauhart R, Buller RM, Bertram P, Wang X, Rosengard AM, Kotwal GJ, Atkinson JP. Structure and regulatory profile of the monkeypox inhibitor of complement: comparison to homologs in vaccinia and variola and evidence for dimer formation. J Immunol. 2006 Mar 15; 176(6):3725-34.
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Ellison RT, Curd JG, Kohler PF, Reller LB, Judson FN. Underlying complement deficiency in patients with disseminated gonococcal infection. Sex Transm Dis. 1987 Oct-Dec; 14(4):201-4.