a normal, relatively heat-labile, nonantibody serum protein (a euglobulin) that, in the presence of complement component C3 and magnesium ions, is involved in the alternative complement pathway, and acts nonspecifically against gram-negative bacteria and viruses and plays a role in lysis of erythrocytes. It may act in conjunction with complement-fixing antibody.

properdin pathway

alternative complement pathway.

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