plasminogen activator

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1. protease produced in the kidney that converts plasminogen to plasmin and so initiates fibrinolysis (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	peptidase, protease, proteinase, proteolytic enzyme,
definition	:	any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis (noun.substance)