Term Name:	plasminogen activation
Synonyms:	cleavage of plasminogen to plasmin
Definition:	The process in which inactive plasminogen is processed to active plasmin. This process includes cleavage at an internal Arg-Val site to form an N-terminal A-chain and C-terminal B-chain held together by a disulfide bond, and can include further proteolytic cleavage events to remove the preactivation peptide.
Ontology:	GO: Biological Process [GO:0031639]    QuickGO    AmiGO