EntrezGeneSummary | Thisgeneencodesfibronectin,aglycoproteinpresentinasolubledimericforminplasma,andinadimericormultimericformatthecellsurfaceandinextracellularmatrix.Fibronectinisinvolvedincelladhesionandmigrationprocessesincludingembryogenesis,woundhealing,bloodcoagulation,hostdefense,andmetastasis.Thegenehasthreeregionssubjecttoalternativesplicing,withthepotentialtoproduce20differenttranscriptvariants.However,thefull-lengthnatureofsomevariantshasnotbeendetermined. |
UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:P02751#Fibronectinsbindcellsurfacesandvariouscompoundsincludingcollagen,fibrin,heparin,DNA,andactin.Fibronectinsareinvolvedincelladhesion,cellmotility,opsonization,woundhealing,andmaintenanceofcellshape.InteractionwithTNRmediatesinhibitionofcelladhesionandneuriteoutgrowth(Bysimilarity). SIZE:2386aminoacids;262607Da SUBUNIT:Mostlyheterodimersormultimersofalternativelysplicedvariants,connectedby2disulfidebondsnearthecarboxylends;toalesserextenthomodimers.InteractswithFBLN1,AMBP,TNR,LGALS3BPandCOL13A1. SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Secreted,extracellularspace,extracellularmatrix. TISSUESPECIFICITY:PlasmaFN(solubledimericform)issecretedbyhepatocytes.CellularFN(dimericorcross-linkedmultimericforms),madebyfibroblasts,epithelialandothercelltypes,isdepositedasfibrilsintheextracellularmatrix.Ugl-Y1,Ugl-Y2andUgl-Y3arefoundinurine.DEVELOPMENTALSTAGE:Ugl-Y1,Ugl-Y2andUgl-Y3arepresentintheurinefrom0to17yearsofage. PTM:Sulfated. SIMILARITY:SwissProt:P02751##Contains12fibronectintype-Idomains.&Contains2fibronectintype-IIdomains.&Contains16fibronectintype-IIIdomains. |