urokinase

Urokinase peptidolytic,Urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) is a trypsin-like serine protease that exists as an inactive zymogen (pro-uPA) and requires proteolytic cleavage for its activation. once activated, it serves as the central catalyst in a proteolytic cascade that converts plasminogen to plasmin, a process critically involved in physiological and pathological thrombolysis and extracellular matrix degradation.

Vitronectin, a multifunctional glycoprotein found in blood and the extracellular matrix, interacts with glycosaminoglycans, collagen, plasminogen, and the urokinase-receptor, in addition to stabilizing the inhibitory conformation of plasminogen activation inhibitor-1. It is utilized in research related to wound healing and tumor progression [1].