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Symbol COL6A1 contributors: mct - updated : 17-11-2012
HGNC name collagen, type VI, alpha 1
HGNC id 2211
EXPRESSION
Type widely
constitutive of
   expressed in (based on citations)
organ(s)
SystemOrgan level 1Organ level 2Organ level 3Organ level 4LevelPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
Cardiovascularheart   highly
 vessels    
Hearing/Equilibriumearinnercochlea highly
Nervousnerve   highly
Visualeyeanterior segmentcornea  
tissue
SystemTissueTissue level 1Tissue level 2LevelPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
Connectivebone  highly
cell lineage
cell lines
fluid/secretion
at STAGE
physiological period pregnancy
Text placenta
PROTEIN
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
STRUCTURE
motifs/domains
  • three von Willebrand factor A-like modules, one N terminal
  • two C terminal, flanking the collagen triple helix repeat domain
  • conjugated GlycoP
    mono polymer heteromer , trimer
    HOMOLOGY
    interspecies homolog to murine Col6a1
    Homologene
    FAMILY
  • type VI collagen family
  • CATEGORY structural protein
    SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION extracellular
    text extracellular matrix
    basic FUNCTION
  • involved in the maintenance of extracellular matrix
  • acting as a cell-binding protein
  • CELLULAR PROCESS
    PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS
    PATHWAY
    metabolism
    signaling
    COL6A1, COL6A2, CRELD1, FBLN2, FRZB, and GATA5 harboring purportedly deleterious case-specific variants in atrioventricular septal defects (AVSD)are associated in some way with VEGFA
    a component
  • trimers composed of three different chains: alpha 1(VI), alpha 2(VI), and alpha 3(VI)
  • major components of microfibrils
  • collagen VI for ternary complex with TGFBI and SLRPs
  • INTERACTION
    DNA
    RNA
    small molecule
    protein
  • collagens and other proteins of the extracellular matrix
  • processed by BMP1
  • expression responsive to VEGFA
  • cell & other
    REGULATION
    ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
    corresponding disease(s) BTHM1 , UCMD3
    Susceptibility
  • to ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the spine
  • to Down-syndrome atrioventricular septal defects
  • Variant & Polymorphism SNP
    Candidate gene
    Marker
    Therapy target
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS