Kallikrein
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Kallikreins (tissue and plasma kallikrein) are a subgroup of the serine protease family.
Functions
They liberate kinins (BK and KD) from the kininogens.[1]
It also generates plasmin from plasminogen:
Prekallikrein is the precursor of plasma kallikrein. It can only activate kinins after being activated itself by factor XII or other stimuli.
Genes
There are 15 known kallikreins: KLK1, KLK2, KLK3, KLK4, KLK5, KLK6, KLK7, KLK8, KLK9, KLK10, KLK11, KLK12, KLK13, KLK14, KLK15
Clinical significance
Kallikreins are targets of active investigation by drug researchers as possible biomarkers for cancer.[1][1]
Prostate-specific antigen (PSA; hk3, human kallikrein gene 3) and human glandular kallikrein (hK2) are used as tumor markers for prostate cancer.
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Proteins: coagulation | |
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| Coagulation factors | intrinsic pathway (FXII, FXI, FIX, FVIII) - extrinsic pathway (Tissue factor, FVII) - common pathway (FX, FV, (Pro)thrombin / FII, Fibrin / FI, FXIII) - HMWK - vWF - Kallikrein |
| Inhibitors | Antithrombin - Protein C - Protein S - Protein Z - ZPI - TFPI |
| Fibrinolysis | Plasmin - tPA/urokinase - PAI-1/2 - α2-AP - α2-macroglobulin - TAFI |
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