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C5 — Fifth component of complement, which is cleaved by C5 convertase to form C5a, a 74 residue anaphylotoxin and potent chemotactic factor for leucocytes, and C5b. C5a rapidly loses a terminal arginine to form C5a desarg, which retains chemotactic… … Dictionary of molecular biology
C9 — Ninth component of complement. Complexed with C5b, 6, 7, 8 it forms a potent membranolytic complex (sometimes referred to as the membrane attack complex, MAC). membranes that have bound the complex have toroidal ‘pores’; a single pore may be… … Dictionary of molecular biology
lysophosphatides — Mono acyl derivatives of diacyl phospholipids that are present in membranes as a result of cyclic deacylation and reacylation of phospholipids. Membranolytic in high concentrations, and fusogenic at concentrations that are just sub lytic. May… … Dictionary of molecular biology
lysophosphatidate — ly·so·phos·pha·ti·date (li″so fos″fə tiґdāt) 1. the anionic form of lysophosphatidic acid. 2. any phosphatidic acid–containing phospholipid that lacks one of its fatty acyl groups; the compounds are present as minor… … Medical dictionary
