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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Acute-Phase Proteins > Serum Amyloid P-Component
Carbohydrates > Glycoconjugates > Glycoproteins > Serum Amyloid P-Component
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Glycoproteins > Serum Amyloid P-Component
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Amyloid > Amyloidogenic Proteins > Serum Amyloid P-Component
Macromolecular Substances > Multiprotein Complexes > Amyloid > Amyloidogenic Proteins > Serum Amyloid P-Component

Preferred term

Serum Amyloid P-Component  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Amyloid P Component
  • P Component, Amyloid

Note

  • /biosyn /physiol permitted

Scope note

  • Amyloid P component is a small, non-fibrillar glycoprotein found in normal serum and in all amyloid deposits. It has a pentagonal (pentaxin) structure. It is an acute phase protein, modulates immunologic responses, inhibits ELASTASE, and has been suggested as an indicator of LIVER DISEASE.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000683

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