Homo sapiens Protein: C6
Summary
InnateDB Protein IDBP-18608.6
Last Modified 2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]
Gene Symbol C6
Protein Name complement component 6
Synonyms
Species Homo sapiens
Ensembl Protein ENSP00000263413
InnateDB Gene IDBG-18604 (C6)
Protein Structure
UniProt Annotation
Function Constituent of the membrane attack complex (MAC) that plays a key role in the innate and adaptive immune response by forming pores in the plasma membrane of target cells.
Subcellular Localization Secreted.
Disease Associations Complement component 6 deficiency (C6D) [MIM:612446]: A rare defect of the complement classical pathway associated with susceptibility to severe recurrent infections, predominantly by Neisseria gonorrhoeae or Neisseria meningitidis. {ECO:0000269PubMed:15565285}. Note=Disease susceptibility is associated with variations affecting the gene represented in this entry.
Tissue Specificity
Comments
Interactions
Number of Interactions This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 5 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
Experimentally validated
Total 5 [view]
Protein-Protein 5 [view]
Protein-DNA 0
Protein-RNA 0
DNA-DNA 0
RNA-RNA 0
DNA-RNA 0
Gene Ontology

Molecular Function
Accession GO Term
GO:0005515 protein binding
Biological Process
GO:0001701 in utero embryonic development
GO:0006956 complement activation
GO:0006958 complement activation, classical pathway
GO:0019835 cytolysis
GO:0030449 regulation of complement activation
GO:0045087 innate immune response (InnateDB)
Cellular Component
GO:0005576 extracellular region
GO:0005579 membrane attack complex
Protein Structure and Domains
PDB ID
InterPro IPR000436 Sushi/SCR/CCP
IPR000884 Thrombospondin, type 1 repeat
IPR001862 Membrane attack complex component/perforin/complement C9
IPR002172 Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor class A repeat
IPR002350 Kazal domain
IPR003884 Factor I / membrane attack complex
IPR020864 Membrane attack complex component/perforin (MACPF) domain
PFAM PF00084
PF00090
PF00057
PF00050
PF07648
PF01823
PRINTS PR00764
PR00261
PIRSF
SMART SM00032
SM00209
SM00192
SM00280
SM00057
SM00457
TIGRFAMs
Post-translational Modifications
Modification
Cross-References
SwissProt P13671
PhosphoSite PhosphoSite-P13671
TrEMBL C9JX36
UniProt Splice Variant
Entrez Gene 729
UniGene Hs.481992
RefSeq NP_001108603
HUGO HGNC:1339
OMIM 217050
CCDS CCDS3936
HPRD 01956
IMGT
EMBL AB126592 AC008863 AC091871 BC035723 J04506 J05024 J05064 X72177
GenPept AAA51860 AAA59668 AAB59433 AAH35723 BAD02321 CAA50994