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Facts about CD59 glycoprotein.
This inhibitor seems to be species-specific. Involved in signal transduction for T-cell activation complexed to a protein tyrosine kinase.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | CD59 |
Uniprot: | P13987 |
Entrez: | 966 |
Belongs to: |
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No superfamily |
16.3A5; 1F5 antigen; 1F5; 20 kDa homologous restriction factor; CD59 antigen p18-20 (antigen identified by monoclonal antibodies 16.3A5, EJ16; CD59 antigen; CD59 antigen, complement regulatory protein; CD59 glycoprotein; CD59 molecule, complement regulatory protein; CD59; EJ16; EJ30; EJ30, EL32 and G344); EL32; FLJ38134; FLJ92039; G344; HRF20; HRF-20; human leukocyte antigen MIC11; Ly-6-like protein; lymphocytic antigen CD59/MEM43; MACIF; MAC-inhibitory protein; MAC-IP; MEM43 antigen; MEM43; membrane attack complex (MAC) inhibition factor; Membrane attack complex inhibition factor; Membrane in
Mass (kDA):
14.177 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 11p13 |
Sequence: | 11; NC_000011.10 (33703010..33736479, complement) |
Cell membrane; Lipid-anchor, GPI-anchor. Secreted. Soluble form found in a number of tissues.
PMID: 2475570 by Davies A., et al. CD59, an LY-6-like protein expressed in human lymphoid cells, regulates the action of the complement membrane attack complex on homologous cells.
PMID: 1689664 by Philbrick W.M., et al. The CD59 antigen is a structural homologue of murine Ly-6 antigens but lacks interferon inducibility.