Alpha 2-antiplasmin

SERPINF2
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesSERPINF2, A2AP, AAP, ALPHA-2-PI, API, PLI, serpin family F member 2
External IDsOMIM: 613168 MGI: 107173 HomoloGene: 719 GeneCards: SERPINF2
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

5345

18816

Ensembl

ENSG00000167711
ENSG00000276838

ENSMUSG00000038224

UniProt

P08697

Q61247

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_000934
NM_001165920
NM_001165921

NM_008878

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000925
NP_001159392
NP_001159393

NP_032904

Location (UCSC)Chr 17: 1.74 – 1.76 MbChr 11: 75.43 – 75.44 Mb
PubMed search[1][2]
Wikidata
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Alpha 2-antiplasmin (or α2-antiplasmin or plasmin inhibitor) is a serine protease inhibitor (serpin) responsible for inactivating plasmin. Plasmin is an important enzyme that participates in fibrinolysis and degradation of various other proteins. This protein is encoded by the SERPINF2 gene.[3]

Fibrinolysis (simplified). Blue arrows denote stimulation, and red arrows inhibition.

Role in disease

Very few cases (<20) of A2AP deficiency have been described. As plasmin degrades blood clots, impaired inhibition of plasmin leads to a bleeding tendency, which was severe in the cases reported.

In liver cirrhosis, there is decreased production of alpha 2-antiplasmin, leading to decreased inactivation of plasmin and an increase in fibrinolysis. This is associated with an increase risk of bleeding in liver disease.[4]

Interactions

Alpha 2-antiplasmin has been shown to interact with:

See also

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. "Entrez Gene: SERPINF2 serpin peptidase inhibitor, clade F (alpha-2 antiplasmin, pigment epithelium derived factor), member 2".
  4. Sattar, Husain. Fundamentals of Pathology. Pathoma LLC, 2011, p. 36.
  5. 1 2 Shieh BH, Travis J (May 1987). "The reactive site of human alpha 2-antiplasmin". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 262 (13): 6055–9. PMID 2437112.
  6. Brower MS, Harpel PC (Aug 1982). "Proteolytic cleavage and inactivation of alpha 2-plasmin inhibitor and C1 inactivator by human polymorphonuclear leukocyte elastase". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 257 (16): 9849–54. PMID 6980881.
  7. Wiman B, Collen D (Sep 1979). "On the mechanism of the reaction between human alpha 2-antiplasmin and plasmin". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 254 (18): 9291–7. PMID 158022.

Further reading

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