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| EntrezGeneSummary | ITAGVencodesintegrinalphachainV.Integrinsareheterodimericintegralmembraneproteinscomposedofanalphachainandabetachain.TheI-domaincontainingintegrinalphaVundergoespost-translationalcleavagetoyielddisulfide-linkedheavyandlightchains,thatcombinewithmultipleintegrinbetachainstoformdifferentintegrins.Amongtheknownassociatingbetachains(betachains1,3,5,6,and8;"ITGB1","ITGB3","ITGB5","ITGB6",and"ITGB8"),eachcaninteractwithextracellularmatrixligands;thealphaVbeta3integrin,perhapsthemoststudiedofthese,isreferredtoastheVitronectinreceptor(VNR).Inadditiontoadhesion,manyintegrinsareknowntofacilitatesignaltransduction. | 
| GeneSymbol | ITGAVCD51DKFZp686A08142VNRAMSK8
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| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:P06756#Thealpha-Vintegrinsarereceptorsforvitronectin,cytotactin,fibronectin,fibrinogen,laminin,matrixmetalloproteinase-2,osteopontin,osteomodulin,prothrombin,thrombospondinandvonWillebrandfactor.TheyrecognizethesequenceR-G-Dinawidearrayofligands.IncaseofHIV-1infection,theinteractionwithextracellularviralTatproteinseemstoenhanceangiogenesisinKaposi"ssarcomalesions. SIZE:1048aminoacids;116038Da
 SUBUNIT:Heterodimerofanalphaandabetasubunit.Thealphasubunitiscomposedofanheavyandalightchainlinkedbyadisulfidebond.Alpha-Vassociateswitheitherbeta-1,beta-3,beta-5,beta-6orbeta-8subunit.InteractswithHIV-1Tat.
 SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Membrane;Single-passtypeImembraneprotein.
 SIMILARITY:SwissProt:P06756##Belongstotheintegrinalphachainfamily.&Contains7FG-GAPrepeats.
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