LGALS13

LGALS13
Available structures
PDBHuman UniProt search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
Aliases LGALS13, GAL13, PLAC8, PP13, galectin 13
External IDs HomoloGene: 49329 GeneCards: LGALS13
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

29124

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Ensembl

ENSG00000105198

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UniProt

Q9UHV8

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RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_013268

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RefSeq (protein)

NP_037400.1

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Location (UCSC) Chr 19: 39.6 – 39.61 Mb n/a
PubMed search [1] n/a
Wikidata
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Galactoside-binding soluble lectin 13 or placental protein 13 (PP13) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LGALS13 gene.[2][3][4]

Structure and function

Lysophospholipases are enzymes that act on biological membranes to regulate the multifunctional lysophospholipids. The protein encoded by this gene has lysophospholipase activity. It is composed of two identical subunits which are held together by disulfide bonds. This protein has structural similarity to several members of the beta-galactoside-binding S-type lectin family.[4]

Clinical significance

PP13 levels that are low in the first trimester of pregnancy confers a higher risk for developing pre-eclampsia later in pregnancy.[5]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. Bohn H, Kraus W, Winckler W (Jul 1983). "Purification and characterization of two new soluble placental tissue proteins (PP13 and PP17)". Oncodev Biol Med. 4 (5): 343–50. PMID 6856484.
  3. Than NG, Sumegi B, Than GN, Berente Z, Bohn H (Dec 1999). "Isolation and sequence analysis of a cDNA encoding human placental tissue protein 13 (PP13), a new lysophospholipase, homologue of human eosinophil Charcot-Leyden Crystal protein". Placenta. 20 (8): 703–10. doi:10.1053/plac.1999.0436. PMID 10527825.
  4. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: LGALS13 lectin, galactoside-binding, soluble, 13 (galectin 13)".
  5. Huppertz B, Meiri H, Gizurarson S, Osol G, Sammar M (February 2013). "Placental protein 13 (PP13): a new biological target shifting individualized risk assessment to personalized drug design combating pre-eclampsia". Hum. Reprod. Update. 19 (4): 391–405. doi:10.1093/humupd/dmt003. PMID 23420029.

Further reading


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