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Facts about Integrin alpha-D.
Integrin alpha-D/beta-2 is a receptor for ICAM3 and VCAM1.
May play a role in the atherosclerotic process such as clearing lipoproteins from plaques and in phagocytosis of blood- borne pathogens, particulate matter, and senescent erythrocytes in the blood..
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | ITGAD |
| Uniprot: | Q13349 |
| Entrez: | 3681 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| integrin alpha chain family |

ADB2; CD11 antigen-like family member D; CD11d; FLJ39841; Integrin alpha D; integrin alpha-D; integrin, alpha D; Leukointegrin Alpha D
Mass (kDA):
126.758 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 16p11.2 |
| Sequence: | 16; NC_000016.10 (31393223..31426513) |
Expressed moderately on myelomonocytic cell lines and subsets of peripheral blood leukocytes and strongly on tissue-specialized cells, including macrophages foam cells within atherosclerotic plaques, and on splenic red pulp macrophages.
Membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein.





PMID: 8777714 by Van der Vieren M., et al. A novel leukointegrin, alpha d beta 2, binds preferentially to ICAM- 3.
PMID: 10722744 by Noti J.D., et al. Structural and functional characterization of the leukocyte integrin gene CD11d. Essential role of Sp1 and Sp3.