Plasmin Activity Assay Kit (Fluorometric) (ab204728) is based on the ability of Plasmin to proteolytically cleave a
synthetic plasmin substrate and release a fluorophore, AMC, which can be easily quantified by fluorescence
microplate readers at Ex/Em = 360/450 nm. This assay kit is simple, rapid and can detect plasmin activity as low as 10
ng in a variety of samples.
This product is manufactured by BioVision, an Abcam company and was previously called K381 Plasmin Activity Assay
Kit (Fluorometric). K381-100 is the same size as the 100 test size of ab204728.
Plasmin (EC 3.4.21.7) is a serine protease occurring in plasma as plasminogen. Upon activation via cleavage by
plasminogen activators; plasmin solubilizes fibrin clots and activates and/or degrades compounds of the coagulation
and complement systems. Plasminogen-Plasmin system has also been implicated in a wide variety of physiologic and
pathologic processes, including tumor growth, invasion and metastasis.