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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > beta 2-Glycoprotein I
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Glycoproteins > beta 2-Glycoprotein I
Carbohydrates > Glycoconjugates > Glycoproteins > beta 2-Glycoprotein I

Preferred term

beta 2-Glycoprotein I  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Anticardiolipin Cofactor
  • Apo H
  • Apolipoprotein H
  • beta2 Glycoprotein I
  • beta2-Glycoprotein I
  • beta(2)GPI
  • Cofactor, Anticardiolipin
  • EC VMFa
  • EC-VMFa
  • Endothelial Cell Viability Maintaining Factor
  • Endothelial Cell-Viability Maintaining Factor

Scope note

  • A 44-kDa highly glycosylated plasma protein that binds phospholipids including CARDIOLIPIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E RECEPTOR; membrane phospholipids, and other anionic phospholipid-containing moieties. It plays a role in coagulation and apoptotic processes. Formerly known as apolipoprotein H, it is an autoantigen in patients with ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES.

History note

  • 2007; BETA 2-GLYCOPROTEIN I (NM) 1979-2006

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D053482

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