Species Human Entrez 1303 | Human Mouse Ensembl ENSG00000111799 | |
Aliases COL12A1, BA209D8.1, COL12A1L, DJ234P15.1, BTHLM2, UCMD2, collagen type XII alpha 1, collagen type XII alpha 1 chain External IDs MGI: 88448 HomoloGene: 3217 GeneCards: COL12A1 | ||
Collagen alpha-1(XII) chain is a protein that in humans is encoded by the COL12A1 gene.
This gene encodes the alpha chain of type XII collagen, a member of the FACIT (fibril-associated collagens with interrupted triple helices) collagen family. Type XII collagen is a homotrimer found in association with type I collagen, an association that is thought to modify the interactions between collagen I fibrils and the surrounding matrix. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified.
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