C-reactive protein
BE0000877ProteinHumansCRP
Displays several functions associated with host defense: it promotes agglutination, bacterial capsular swelling, phagocytosis and complement fixation through its calcium-dependent binding to phosphorylcholine. It is acted on by 2 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- CRP
- UniProtKB entry
- P02741Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Secreted
- Residues / weight
- 224 residues · 25,038 Da
- Also known as
- PTX1
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which compounds in development act on C-reactive protein, and which indications are they being tested in?
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