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Tchem
APCS
Serum amyloid P-component

Protein Summary
Description
Can interact with DNA and histones and may scavenge nuclear material released from damaged circulating cells. May also function as a calcium-dependent lectin. The protein encoded by this gene is a glycoprotein, belonging to the pentraxin family of proteins, which has a characteristic pentameric organization. These family members have considerable sequence homology which is thought to be the result of gene duplication. The binding of the encoded protein to proteins in the pathological amyloid cross-beta fold suggests its possible role as a chaperone. This protein is also thought to control the degradation of chromatin. It has been demonstrated that this protein binds to apoptotic cells at an early stage, which raises the possibility that it is involved in dealing with apoptotic cells in vivo. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2008]
Uniprot Accession IDs
Gene Name
Ensembl ID
  • ENST00000255040
  • ENSP00000255040
  • ENSG00000132703

Symbol
  • PTX2
  • SAP
  • PTX2
  • HEL-S-92n
Illumination Graph
Knowledge Table
Most Knowledge About
Knowledge Value (0 to 1 scale)
biological process
0.82
cell type or tissue
0.7
biological term
0.69
gene perturbation
0.66
cellular component
0.65


Protein Classes
No PANTHER Classes or DTO Classes found
IDG Development Level Summary
Tdark

These are targets about which virtually nothing is known. They do not have known drug or small molecule activities
- AND - satisfy two or more of the following criteria:

Pubmed score: 642.91   (req: < 5)
Gene RIFs: 57   (req: <= 3)
Antibodies: 578   (req: <= 50)
Tbio

These targets do not have known drug or small molecule activities
- AND - satisfy two or more of the following criteria:

Pubmed score: 642.91   (req: >= 5)
Gene RIFs: 57   (req: > 3)
Antibodies: 578   (req: > 50)

- OR - satisfy the following criterion:

Gene Ontology Terms: 22
Tchem

Target has at least one ChEMBL compound with an activity cutoff of < 30 nM - AND - satisfies the preceding conditions

Active Ligand: 1
Tclin

Target has at least one approved drug - AND - satisfies the preceding conditions

Active Drug: 0