Primary Identifier | MGI:88232 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 7 | NCBI Gene Number | 12273 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Enables complement component C5a receptor activity. Involved in several processes, including glial cell activation; positive regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor production; and regulation of granulocyte chemotaxis. Acts upstream of or within defense response to Gram-positive bacterium; neutrophil chemotaxis; and response to peptidoglycan. Predicted to be located in apical part of cell; basolateral plasma membrane; and cell surface. Predicted to be active in plasma membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including brain; liver; neural ectoderm; and sensory organ. Orthologous to human C5AR1 (complement C5a receptor 1). PHENOTYPE: Homozygous targeted mutants have impaired C5 responses that can show increased or decreased acute inflammation under different circumstances, and thus affect severity of disease or infection. [provided by MGI curators] |