peptidoglycan recognition protein 1-alpha (peptidoglycan recognition protein intermediate alpha, peptidoglycan recognition protein 3, PGRP-1-alpha, PGLYRP1alpha, PGLYRP3, PGRPIA)

Function

• binds specifically to peptidoglycan & Gram-positive bacteria
• role in innate immunity

Structure

• belongs to the N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase 2 family

Compartment

peripheral membrane

Expression

• expressed in esophagus, tonsils, thymus > stomach, descending colon, rectum, brain

More general terms

• glycoprotein
• membrane protein

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/608197
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q96LB9.html