Complement component 7 is a protein involved in the complement system of the innate immune system. C7 is part of the membrane attack complex (MAC) which creates a hole on pathogen surfaces, leading to cell lysis and death.
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Aliases | C7, complement component 7, complement C7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
External IDs | OMIM: 217070; MGI: 88235; HomoloGene: 489; GeneCards: C7; OMA:C7 - orthologs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Its primary task is to bind the C5bC6 complex together. This junction alters the configuration of the protein molecules, exposing a hydrophobic site on C7 that allows the C7 to insert into the phospholipid bilayer of the pathogen.
See also
editExternal links
edit- Complement+C7 at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
- Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: P10643 (Human Complement component C7) at the PDBe-KB.
References
edit- ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000112936 – Ensembl, May 2017
- ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000079105 – Ensembl, May 2017
- ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.