FCN1
Ficolin-1, and also commonly termed M-ficolin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FCN1 gene.[5][6][7]
Proteins of the ficolin family consist of a leader peptide, a short N-terminal segment, followed by a collagen-like domain, and a C-terminal fibrinogen-like domain. The name of ficolin was derived from the latter two domains. The collagen-like and the fibrinogen-like domains are also found in other proteins such as tenascins, while the former is also found in complement protein C1q and collectins, which include mannose-binding lectin and lung surfactant proteins. Ficolins selectively recognize acetylated compounds. M-ficolin encoded by FCN1 is predominantly expressed in the peripheral blood leukocytes, and has been postulated to function as a plasma protein with elastin-binding activity. Several SNPs have been described in the FCN1 gene with impact on serum concentrations of M-ficolin and the ligand binding ability. M-ficolin levels reflect disease activity and predict remission in early rheumatoid arthritis.
References
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Further reading
- Lu J, Le Y (1999). "Ficolins and the fibrinogen-like domain". Immunobiology. 199 (2): 190–9. doi:10.1016/s0171-2985(98)80026-0. PMID 9777405.
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- Harumiya S, Takeda K, Sugiura T, et al. (1997). "Characterization of ficolins as novel elastin-binding proteins and molecular cloning of human ficolin-1". J. Biochem. 120 (4): 745–51. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021474. PMID 8947836.
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- Gregory LA, Thielens NM, Matsushita M, et al. (2004). "The X-ray structure of human mannan-binding lectin-associated protein 19 (MAp19) and its interaction site with mannan-binding lectin and L-ficolin". J. Biol. Chem. 279 (28): 29391–7. doi:10.1074/jbc.M402687200. PMID 15117939.
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- Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, et al. (2004). "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)". Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2121–7. doi:10.1101/gr.2596504. PMC 528928. PMID 15489334.
- Frederiksen PD, Thiel S, Larsen CB, Jensenius JC (2006). "M-ficolin, an innate immune defence molecule, binds patterns of acetyl groups and activates complement". Scand. J. Immunol. 62 (5): 462–73. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3083.2005.01685.x. PMID 16305643. S2CID 35639359.
- Tanio M, Kondo S, Sugio S, Kohno T (2007). "Trivalent recognition unit of innate immunity system: crystal structure of trimeric human M-ficolin fibrinogen-like domain". J. Biol. Chem. 282 (6): 3889–95. doi:10.1074/jbc.M608627200. PMID 17148457.
Arthritis Rheum. 2013 Dec;65(12):3045-50. doi: 10.1002/art.38179. M-ficolin levels reflect disease activity and predict remission in early rheumatoid arthritis. Ammitzbøll CG1, Thiel S, Jensenius JC, Ellingsen T, Hørslev-Petersen K, Hetland ML, Junker P, Krogh NS, Østergaard M, Stengaard-Pedersen K.