Plasminogen activator inhibitor-2

SERPINB2
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
Aliases SERPINB2, HsT1201, PAI, PAI-2, PAI2, PLANH2, serpin family B member 2
External IDs OMIM: 173390 MGI: 97609 HomoloGene: 20571 GeneCards: SERPINB2
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

5055

18788

Ensembl

ENSG00000197632

ENSMUSG00000062345

UniProt

P05120

P12388

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_002575
NM_001143818

NM_001174170
NM_011111

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001137290.1
NP_002566.1

NP_001167641.1
NP_035241.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 18: 63.87 – 63.9 Mb Chr 1: 107.51 – 107.54 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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Plasminogen activator inhibitor-2 (placental PAI), a serine protease inhibitor of the serpin superfamily, is a coagulation factor that inactivates tPA and urokinase. It is present in most cells, especially monocytes/macrophages. PAI-2 exists in two forms, a 60-kDa extracellular glycosylated form and a 43-kDa intracellular form.

Fibrinolysis (simplified). Blue arrows denote stimulation, and red arrows inhibition.

It is present only at detectable quantities in blood during pregnancy, as it is produced by the placenta, and may explain partially the increased rate of thrombosis during pregnancy. The majority of expressed PAI-2 remains unsecreted due to the presence of an inefficient internal signal peptide.

Interactions

Plasminogen activator inhibitor-2 (SerpinB2) has been reported to bind a series of intracellular and extracellular proteins. Whether SerpinB2's physiological function is inhibition of the extracellular protease urokinase and/or whether SerpinB2 has intracellular activities remains controversial. At least one of SerpinB2's physiological functions may involve regulation of adaptive immunity.[3]

See also

Further reading

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Schroder WA, Major L, Suhrbier A (2011). "The role of SerpinB2 in immunity". Crit. Rev. Immunol. 31 (1): 15–30. doi:10.1615/critrevimmunol.v31.i1.20. PMID 21395508.


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