Vitamin D-binding protein

GC
Available structures
PDB	Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB
List of PDB id codes
	1J78, 1J7E, 1KW2, 1KXP, 1LOT, 1MA9
Identifiers
Aliases	GC, DBP, DBP/GRD3, HEL-S-51, VDBG, VDBP, Gc-MAF, GcMAF, vitamin D binding protein, DBP-maf, VDB, GC vitamin D binding protein
External IDs	OMIM: 139200; MGI: 95669; HomoloGene: 486; GeneCards: GC; OMA:GC - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 4 (human)
End	71,804,041 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 5 (mouse)
End	89,605,757 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	liver; ; right lobe of liver; ; gallbladder; ; pancreatic ductal cell; ; beta cell; ; duodenum; ; body of pancreas; ; jejunal mucosa; ; testicle; ; gonad;
	Top expressed in
	left lobe of liver; ; gallbladder; ; islet of Langerhans; ; fetal liver hematopoietic progenitor cell; ; human fetus; ; right kidney; ; human kidney; ; sexually immature organism; ; morula; ; stomach;
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Gene ontology
Molecular function	vitamin D binding; calcidiol binding; actin binding; vitamin transmembrane transporter activity;
Cellular component	blood microparticle; extracellular region; lysosomal lumen; extracellular exosome; extracellular space; cytosol;
Biological process	vitamin D metabolic process; vitamin transport; transport; vitamin transmembrane transport;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	2638
	14473
	ENSG00000145321
	ENSMUSG00000035540
	P02774
	P21614
	NM_000583; NM_001204306; NM_001204307
	NM_008096
	NP_000574; NP_001191235; NP_001191236
	NP_032122
	Wikidata
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Vitamin D-binding protein (DBP), also/originally known as gc-globulin (group-specific component), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GC gene. DBP is genetically the oldest member of the albuminoid family and appeared early in the evolution of vertebrates.