Apolipoprotein H

β2-glycoprotein 1, also known as beta-2 glycoprotein 1 and Apolipoprotein H (Apo-H), is a 38 kDa multifunctional plasma protein that in humans is encoded by the APOH gene. One of its functions is to bind cardiolipin. When bound, the structure of cardiolipin and β2-GP1 both undergo large changes in structure. Within the structure of Apo-H is a stretch of positively charged amino acids (protein sequence positions 282-287), Lys-Asn-Lys-Glu-Lys-Lys, are involved in phospholipid binding (see image on right).

APOH
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesAPOH, B2G1, B2GP1, BG, apolipoprotein H
External IDsOMIM: 138700 MGI: 88058 HomoloGene: 26 GeneCards: APOH
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

350

11818

Ensembl

ENSG00000091583

ENSMUSG00000000049

UniProt

P02749

Q01339

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_000042

NM_013475

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000033

NP_038503

Location (UCSC)Chr 17: 66.21 – 66.26 MbChr 11: 108.23 – 108.31 Mb
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β2-GP1 has a complex involvement in agglutination. It appears to alter adenosine diphosphate (ADP)-mediated agglutination of platelets. Normally, β2-GP1 assumes an anticoagulation activity in serum (by inhibiting coagulation factors); however, changes in blood factors can result in a reversal of that activity.

Although previously referred to as apolipoprotein H, it is not present in appreciable quantities in the lipoprotein fractions, so ApoH is therefore thought to be a misnomer.

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