Complement component 6

C6
Available structures
PDBHuman UniProt search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
Aliases C6
External IDs MGI: 88233 HomoloGene: 47 GeneCards: C6
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

729

12274

Ensembl

ENSG00000039537

ENSMUSG00000022181

UniProt

P13671

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_000065
NM_001115131

NM_016704

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000056.2
NP_001108603.2

n/a

Location (UCSC) Chr 5: 41.14 – 41.26 Mb Chr 15: 4.73 – 4.82 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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Complement component 6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the C6 gene.[3]

Complement component 6 is a protein involved in the complement system. It is part of the membrane attack complex which can insert into the cell membrane and cause cell to lyse.

People with C6 deficiency are prone to bacterial infection.[3]

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