Editing Plasmin (section)

{{Short description|Enzyme in human blood that degrades clots and other proteins}}
{{Infobox_gene}}
'''Plasmin''' is an important [[enzyme]] ({{EC number|3.4.21.7}}) present in [[blood]] that degrades many [[blood plasma]] proteins, including [[fibrin]] [[thrombus|clots]]. The degradation of fibrin is termed [[fibrinolysis]].  In humans, the plasmin protein (in the [[zymogen]] form of '''plasminogen''') is encoded by the ''PLG'' [[gene]].<ref name="entrez">{{cite web | title = Entrez Gene: plasminogen | url =https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=5340 }}</ref>