Pulmonary surfactant-associated protein B
BE0012543ProteinHumansSFTPB
Pulmonary surfactant-associated proteins promote alveolar stability by lowering the surface tension at the air-liquid interface in the peripheral air spaces. It is acted on by 2 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- SFTPB
- UniProtKB entry
- P07988Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Secreted, extracellular space, surface film
- Residues / weight
- 381 residues · 42,117 Da
- Also known as
- 18 kDa pulmonary-surfactant protein · 6 kDa protein · Pulmonary surfactant-associated proteolipid SPL(Phe) · SFTP3 · SP-B
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 03, 2024
Which approved drugs act on Pulmonary surfactant-associated protein B, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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