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glycophorin-A; PAS-2; sialoglycoprotein alpha; MN sialoglycoprotein; CD235a (GYPA, GPA)

Function: - major intrinsic membrane protein of the erythrocyte - the N-terminal glycosylated segment, which lies outside the erythrocyte membrane, has MN blood group receptors Structure: belongs to the glycophorin A family Compartment: membrane Polymorphism: - along with GYPB, GYPA is responsible for the MNS blood group Pathology: - putative receptor for influenza virus.

Related

CD235a Ag in tissue CD235a cells in body fluid Orthomyxoviridae (influenza virus)

General

glycophorin

Properties

SIZE: entity length = 150 aa MW = 16 kD COMPARTMENT: cellular membrane MOTIF: signal sequence {1-19} Ser glycosylation site {S21} Thr glycosylation site {T22} Thr glycosylation site {T23} Thr glycosylation site {T29} Ser glycosylation site {S30} Thr glycosylation site {T31} Ser glycosylation site {S32} Thr glycosylation site {T36} Ser glycosylation site {S38} Ser glycosylation site {S41} Thr glycosylation site {T44} N-glycosylation site {N45} Thr glycosylation site {T52} Thr glycosylation site {T56} Ser glycosylation site {S63} Ser glycosylation site {S66} Thr glycosylation site {T69} transmembrane domain {92-114}

Database Correlations

OMIM 111300 UniProt P02724 Pfam PF01102 Entrez Gene 2993

References

  1. UniProt :accession P02724
  2. BGMUT; Note: Blood group antigen gene mutation database http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/mhc/xslcgi.fcgi?cmd=bgmut/systems_info&system=mns