AmiGO 2: Term Details for "fibrinogen complex" (GO:0005577)

Accession: GO:0005577
Name: fibrinogen complex
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: fibrinogen, fibrinogen alpha chain, fibrinogen beta chain, fibrinogen gamma chain
Alternate IDs: None
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: None
History: See term history for GO:0005577 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
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subject	relation	object
fibrinogen complex	is_a	protein-containing complex (GO:0032991)
fibrinogen complex	BFO:0000050	extracellular space (GO:0005615)

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