Term Information

Accession
GO:0005577
Name
fibrinogen complex
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
fibrinogen, fibrinogen alpha chain, fibrinogen beta chain, fibrinogen gamma chain
Alternate IDs
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Definition
A highly soluble, elongated protein complex found in blood plasma and involved in clot formation. It is converted into fibrin monomer by the action of thrombin. In the mouse, fibrinogen is a hexamer, 46 nm long and 9 nm maximal diameter, containing two sets of nonidentical chains (alpha, beta, and gamma) linked together by disulfide bonds. Source: ISBN:0198547684
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0005577 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of fibrinogen complex (GO:0005577)
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fibrinogen complex [is_a relation] is_a  protein-containing complex (GO:0032991)
fibrinogen complex [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  extracellular space (GO:0005615)

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