BPI (bactericidal permeability increasing protein)
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Entrez ID
Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
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671 |
Gene name
Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
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Bactericidal permeability increasing protein |
Gene symbol
Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
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BPI |
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
Gene synonyms aliases
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BPIFD1, rBPI |
Chromosome
Chromosome number
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20 |
Chromosome location
Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
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20q11.23 |
Summary
Summary of gene provided in NCBI Entrez Gene.
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This gene encodes a lipopolysaccharide binding protein. It is associated with human neutrophil granules and has antimicrobial activity against gram-negative organisms. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2014] |
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Gene ontology (GO)
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Other IDs
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Protein | ||||||||||||||||
UniProt ID | P17213 | |||||||||||||||
Protein name | Bactericidal permeability-increasing protein (BPI) (CAP 57) | |||||||||||||||
Protein function | The cytotoxic action of BPI is limited to many species of Gram-negative bacteria; this specificity may be explained by a strong affinity of the very basic N-terminal half for the negatively charged lipopolysaccharides that are unique to the Gram | |||||||||||||||
PDB | 1BP1 , 1EWF | |||||||||||||||
Family and domains |
Pfam
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Tissue specificity | TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Restricted to cells of the myeloid series. | |||||||||||||||
Sequence | ||||||||||||||||
Sequence length | 487 | |||||||||||||||
Interactions | View interactions |
Pathways
Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
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