integrin alpha-9 (integrin alpha-RLC, ITGA9)

Function

• associates with integrin beta-1 (integrin alpha-9/beta-1)

Structure

• belongs to the integrin alpha chain family
• contains 7 FG-GAP repeats

Compartment

membrane

Expression

• expressed in airway epithelium
• expressed in the basal layer of squamous epithelium
• expressed in smooth muscle, skeletal muscle, & hepatocytes
• abundantly expressed in fetal lung & lung cancers

Pathology

up-regulated in small cell lung cancers (SCLC)

More general terms

• integrin-alpha

Component of

• integrin alpha-9/beta-1

Database

• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:3680
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/603963
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q13797.html
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=3680