Talk:Desmoteplase

Draculin
What's the difference to Draculin? Is it the same?--Kuebi —Preceding comment was added at 10:51, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
 * The answer is given below. Chhandama (talk) 12:48, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Merger proposal
This page was proposed for merger with draculin by Totodu74 on 10 January 2016 (wihout opening a discussion or making any query).

The pages should not be merged because desmoteplase and draculin are different proteins, albeit both from the saliva of bat, as made clear in the article by Low et al. (see ). In brief, Hence, separate articles are warranted. Chhandama (talk) 12:48, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
 * 1) Desmoteplase, discovered in 1932, is a fibrinolytic enzyme and plasminogen activator, actually exists is four types, smaller in size, and is used in clinical trial as a drug for acute ischemic stroke.
 * 2) Draculin, discovered in 1995, is a plasminogen inhibitor lacking fibrinolytic activity, and a much larger 88.5 KDa protein with no known—so far—medical use.