Definition: A serum protein which is important in the ALTERNATIVE COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION PATHWAY. This enzyme cleaves the COMPLEMENT C3B-bound COMPLEMENT FACTOR B to form C3bBb which is ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY C3 CONVERTASE.
see SCR for organism-specific terms
Pharmacological ActionImmunologic Factors
Other names Properdin Factor D; Factor D; C3PA Convertase; C3 Convertase Activator; Adipsin; Protein D, Complement; Factor D, Properdin; Factor D, Complement; Convertase, Proactivator; Convertase, C3PA; Convertase, C3 Proactivator; Convertase Activator, C3; Complement D Component; Activator, C3 Convertase; Proactivator Convertase; GBGase; D Component of Complement; Complement Protein D; C3PAse; C3 Proactivator Convertase
