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Identification
HMDB Protein ID HMDBP12297
Secondary Accession Numbers None
Name Vitamin K-dependent gamma-carboxylase
Synonyms
  1. Gamma-glutamyl carboxylase
  2. Peptidyl-glutamate 4-carboxylase
  3. Vitamin K gamma glutamyl carboxylase
Gene Name GGCX
Protein Type Unknown
Biological Properties
General Function Not Available
Specific Function Mediates the vitamin K-dependent carboxylation of glutamate residues to calcium-binding gamma-carboxyglutamate (Gla) residues with the concomitant conversion of the reduced hydroquinone form of vitamin K to vitamin K epoxide.
Pathways
  • Biosynthesis of cofactors
  • Ubiquinone and other terpenoid-quinone biosynthesis
Reactions Not Available
GO Classification
Biological Process
peptidyl-glutamic acid carboxylation
Cellular Component
endoplasmic reticulum membrane
integral to membrane
Molecular Function
gamma-glutamyl carboxylase activity
Cellular Location Not Available
Gene Properties
Chromosome Location Not Available
Locus Not Available
SNPs Not Available
Gene Sequence Not Available
Protein Properties
Number of Residues 758
Molecular Weight 87556.395
Theoretical pI 8.318
Pfam Domain Function
Signals Not Available
Transmembrane Regions
  • 61-81;114-134;137-157;293-313;364-384;
Protein Sequence Not Available
GenBank ID Protein Not Available
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot ID Q07175
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Entry Name VKGC_BOVIN
PDB IDs Not Available
GenBank Gene ID Not Available
GeneCard ID Not Available
GenAtlas ID Not Available
HGNC ID Not Available
References
General References
  1. Wu SM, Cheung WF, Frazier D, Stafford DW: Cloning and expression of the cDNA for human gamma-glutamyl carboxylase. Science. 1991 Dec 13;254(5038):1634-6. [PubMed:1749935 ]
  2. Rehemtulla A, Roth DA, Wasley LC, Kuliopulos A, Walsh CT, Furie B, Furie BC, Kaufman RJ: In vitro and in vivo functional characterization of bovine vitamin K-dependent gamma-carboxylase expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 May 15;90(10):4611-5. doi: 10.1073/pnas.90.10.4611. [PubMed:8506307 ]