| UniProt functional annotation for P10998 | |||
| UniProt codes: P68639, P10998. |
| Organism: | Vaccinia virus (strain Copenhagen) (VACV). | |
| Taxonomy: | Viruses; Varidnaviria; Bamfordvirae; Nucleocytoviricota; Pokkesviricetes; Chitovirales; Poxviridae; Chordopoxvirinae; Orthopoxvirus; Vaccinia virus. | |
| Function: | Serves to protect the virus against complement attack by inhibiting both classical and alternative pathways of complement activation. Binds C3b and C4b. | |
| Subunit: | Heterodimer with A56 protein; disulfide-linked. {ECO:0000250}. | |
| Subcellular location: | Virion membrane {ECO:0000250}; Peripheral membrane protein {ECO:0000250}. Host cell membrane {ECO:0000250}; Peripheral membrane protein {ECO:0000250}; Extracellular side {ECO:0000250}. Secreted {ECO:0000250}. Note=Component of extracellular enveloped virus (EEV) but not intracellular mature virus (IMV). Anchored to the surface of the outermost membrane of EEV via its interaction with A56 protein (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}. | |
| Similarity: | Belongs to the receptors of complement activation (RCA) family. {ECO:0000305}. | |
Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.