Complement component 7

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C7
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
Aliases C7 , complement component 7, complement C7
External IDs OMIM: 217070 MGI: 88235 HomoloGene: 489 GeneCards: C7
Gene location (Human)
Ideogram human chromosome 5.svg
Chr. Chromosome 5 (human) [1]
Human chromosome 5 ideogram.svg
HSR 1996 II 3.5e.svg
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Band 5p13.1Start40,909,497 bp [1]
End40,984,643 bp [1]
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_000587

NM_001243837

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000578

NP_001230766

Location (UCSC) Chr 5: 40.91 – 40.98 Mb n/a
PubMed search [2] [3]
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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.

Contents

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.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000112936 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.