"Complement C2" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A component of the CLASSICAL COMPLEMENT PATHWAY. C2 is cleaved by activated COMPLEMENT C1S into COMPLEMENT C2B and COMPLEMENT C2A. C2a, the COOH-terminal fragment containing a SERINE PROTEASE, combines with COMPLEMENT C4B to form C4b2a (CLASSICAL PATHWAY C3 CONVERTASE) and subsequent C4b2a3b (CLASSICAL PATHWAY C5 CONVERTASE).
| Descriptor ID |
D003175
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.124.486.274.150
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| Concept/Terms |
Complement C2- Complement C2
- C2, Complement
- Complement 2
- Complement Component 2
- Component 2, Complement
- C2 Complement
- Complement, C2
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