annexin A8; annexin-8; annexin VIII; vascular anticoagulant-beta; VAC-beta (ANXA8, ANX8)

Function

• anticoagulant protein
• acts as an indirect inhibitor of thromboplastin

Structure

• pair of annexin repeats may form one binding site for Ca+2 & phospholipid
• belongs to the annexin family
• contains 4 annexin repeats

More general terms

• annexin
• endogenous anticoagulant

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P13928.html
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=244
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=653145
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:244
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:653145
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/602396