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Facts about Mannose-binding protein C.
Binds to late apoptotic cells, and to apoptotic blebs and to necrotic cells, but not to early apoptotic cells, facilitating their uptake by macrophages. May bind DNA.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | MBL2 |
| Uniprot: | P11226 |
| Entrez: | 4153 |

| Belongs to: |
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| No superfamily |

COLEC1; COLEC1collectin-1; Collectin-1; HSMBPC; Mannan-binding protein; mannose-binding lectin (protein C) 2, soluble (opsonic defect); mannose-binding lectin (protein C) 2, soluble; Mannose-binding lectin; mannose-binding protein C; MBL; MBL2; MBL2D; MBLmannan-binding lectin; MBP; MBP1; MBP1mannose-binding lectin 2, soluble (opsonic defect); MBP-C; MGC116832; MGC116833
Mass (kDA):
26.144 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 10q21.1 |
| Sequence: | 10; NC_000010.11 (52765380..52772784, complement) |
Plasma protein produced mainly in the liver.
Secreted.





PMID: 2450948 by Ezekowitz R.A.B., et al. A human mannose-binding protein is an acute-phase reactant that shares sequence homology with other vertebrate lectins.
PMID: 2477486 by Sastry K., et al. The human mannose-binding protein gene. Exon structure reveals its evolutionary relationship to a human pulmonary surfactant gene and localization to chromosome 10.
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