| UniProt functional annotation for P02749 | |||
| UniProt code: P02749. |
| Organism: | Homo sapiens (Human). | |
| Taxonomy: | Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo. | |
| Function: | Binds to various kinds of negatively charged substances such as heparin, phospholipids, and dextran sulfate. May prevent activation of the intrinsic blood coagulation cascade by binding to phospholipids on the surface of damaged cells. | |
| Subcellular location: | Secreted. | |
| Tissue specificity: | Expressed by the liver and secreted in plasma. | |
| Ptm: | N- and O-glycosylated. PubMed:6587378 also reports glycosylation on 'Asn-188' for their allele. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:14760718, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15084671, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16335952, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16740002, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19139490, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19159218, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19838169, ECO:0000269|PubMed:6587378}. | |
Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.