Homo sapiens Gene: PGF
Summary
InnateDB Gene IDBG-12625.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol PGF
Gene Name placental growth factor
Synonyms D12S1900; PGFL; PLGF; PlGF-2; SHGC-10760
Species Homo sapiens
Ensembl Gene ENSG00000119630
Encoded Proteins
placental growth factor
placental growth factor
placental growth factor
placental growth factor
Protein Structure
Useful resources Stemformatics EHFPI ImmGen
Entrez Gene
Summary This gene encodes a growth factor found in placenta which is homologous to vascular endothelial growth factor. Alternatively spliced transcripts encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.[provided by RefSeq, Jun 2011]
Gene Information
Type Protein coding
Genomic Location Chromosome 14:74941834-74955784
Strand Reverse strand
Band q24.3
Transcripts
ENST00000238607 ENSP00000238607
ENST00000405431 ENSP00000385365
ENST00000555567 ENSP00000451040
ENST00000553716 ENSP00000451413
ENST00000557748
ENST00000555253
ENST00000556939
ENST00000555234
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 10 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
They are also associated with 1 interaction(s) predicted by orthology.
Experimentally validated
Total 10 [view]
Protein-Protein 10 [view]
Protein-DNA 0
Protein-RNA 0
DNA-DNA 0
RNA-RNA 0
DNA-RNA 0
Predicted by orthology
Total 1 [view]
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0005515 protein binding
GO:0008083 growth factor activity
GO:0008201 heparin binding
GO:0042803 protein homodimerization activity
GO:0046982 protein heterodimerization activity
Biological Process
GO:0001658 branching involved in ureteric bud morphogenesis
GO:0001666 response to hypoxia
GO:0001938 positive regulation of endothelial cell proliferation
GO:0002040 sprouting angiogenesis
GO:0007165 signal transduction
GO:0007267 cell-cell signaling
GO:0007565 female pregnancy
GO:0008284 positive regulation of cell proliferation
GO:0030154 cell differentiation
GO:0031100 organ regeneration
GO:0032870 cellular response to hormone stimulus
GO:0042493 response to drug
GO:0045766 positive regulation of angiogenesis
GO:0048010 vascular endothelial growth factor receptor signaling pathway
GO:0051781 positive regulation of cell division
GO:0060688 regulation of morphogenesis of a branching structure
Cellular Component
GO:0005576 extracellular region
GO:0005615 extracellular space
GO:0016020 membrane
Orthologs
Species
Mus musculus
Bos taurus
Gene ID
Gene Order
Not yet available
Pathways
NETPATH
REACTOME
VEGF binds to VEGFR leading to receptor dimerization pathway
VEGF ligand-receptor interactions pathway
Signaling by VEGF pathway
Signal Transduction pathway
KEGG
Focal adhesion pathway
Pathways in cancer pathway
INOH
PID NCI
VEGF and VEGFR signaling network
VEGFR1 specific signals
Cross-References
SwissProt
TrEMBL
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene
UniGene Hs.252820 Hs.738487
RefSeq NM_001207012 NM_001293643 NM_002632 XM_005267761
HUGO
OMIM
CCDS CCDS55932 CCDS73664 CCDS9835
HPRD 03076
IMGT
EMBL
GenPept
RNA Seq Atlas