[Term]
id: GO:0005577
name: fibrinogen complex
namespace: cellular_component
def: "A highly soluble, elongated protein complex found in blood plasma and involved in clot formation. It is converted into fibrin monomer by the action of thrombin. In the mouse, fibrinogen is a hexamer, 46 nm long and 9 nm maximal diameter, containing two sets of nonidentical chains (alpha, beta, and gamma) linked together by disulfide bonds." [ISBN:0198547684]
synonym: "fibrinogen" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0032991 ! protein-containing complex