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Facts about IgG receptor FcRn large subunit p51.
IgG in the milk is bound at the apical surface of the intestinal epithelium. The consequent FcRn-IgG complexes are transcytosed across the intestinal epithelium and IgG is discharged from FcRn into blood or tissue fluids (By similarity).
Human | |
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Gene Name: | FCGRT |
Uniprot: | P55899 |
Entrez: | 2217 |
Belongs to: |
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immunoglobulin superfamily |
alpha-chain; Fc fragment of IgG, receptor, transporter, alpha; FCGRT; FcRn alpha chain; FCRN; FCRNimmunoglobulin receptor, intestinal, heavy chain; IgG Fc fragment receptor transporter alpha chain; IgG receptor FcRn large subunit p51; major histocompatibility complex class I-like Fc receptor; Neonatal Fc receptor; neonatal Fc-receptor for Ig
Mass (kDA):
39.743 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 19q13.33 |
Sequence: | 19; NC_000019.10 (49512661..49526428) |
Expressed in full-term placenta, heart, lung, liver, muscle, kidney, pancreas, and both fetal and adult small intestine.
Cell membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein. Endosome membrane.
PMID: 7964511 by Story C.M., et al. A major histocompatibility complex class I-like Fc receptor cloned from human placenta: possible role in transfer of immunoglobulin G from mother to fetus.
PMID: 10998088 by Mikulska J.E., et al. Cloning and analysis of the gene encoding the human neonatal Fc receptor.