Description
Product Characteristics:
Glycoprotein VI (GPVI) is a membrane glycoprotein receptor for collagen found in platelets. GPVI plays an important role in platelet procoagulant activity which may contribute to arterial and venous thrombus formation. GPVI is expressed in megakaryocytes and platelets. Patients deficient in GPVI suffer from mild hemorrhagic diathesis and their platelets fail to aggregate in response to collagen. There are three isoforms.
Subcellular location: Extracellular
Synonyms: Glycoprotein VI, GP6, GPIV, GPVI, MGC138168, Platelet collagen receptor, Platelet glycoprotein VI, Platelet glycoprotein VI precursor, GPVI_HUMAN.
Target Information: This gene encodes a platelet membrane glycoprotein of the immunoglobulin superfamily. The encoded protein is a receptor for collagen and plays a critical role in collagen-induced platelet aggregation and thrombus formation. The encoded protein forms a complex with the Fc receptor gamma-chain that initiates the platelet activation signaling cascade upon collagen binding. Mutations in this gene are a cause of platelet-type bleeding disorder-11 (BDPLT11). Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding multiple isoforms have been observed for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2011]