Collagen, type VIII, alpha 1

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Collagen alpha-1(VIII) chain is a protein that in humans is encoded by the COL8A1 gene.[1][2]

This gene encodes one of the two alpha chains of type VIII collagen. The gene product is a short chain collagen and a major component of the basement membrane of the corneal endothelium. The type VIII collagen fibril can be either a homo- or a heterotrimer. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same isoform have been observed.[2]

References

  1. Muragaki Y, Mattei MG, Yamaguchi N, Olsen BR, Ninomiya Y (Jun 1991). "The complete primary structure of the human alpha 1 (VIII) chain and assignment of its gene (COL8A1) to chromosome 3". Eur J Biochem. 197 (3): 615–22. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1991.tb15951.x. PMID 2029894.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: COL8A1 collagen, type VIII, alpha 1".

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