ID CRP_RAT Reviewed; 230 AA. AC P48199; Q5BK94; DT 01-FEB-1996, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. DT 01-FEB-1996, sequence version 1. DT 02-SEP-2026, entry version 178. DE RecName: Full=C-reactive protein; DE Flags: Precursor; GN Name=Crp; Synonyms=Ptx1; OS Rattus norvegicus (Rat). OC Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; OC Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia; Myomorpha; Muroidea; Muridae; OC Murinae; Rattus. OX NCBI_TaxID=10116; RN [1] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA], AND PARTIAL PROTEIN SEQUENCE. RC STRAIN=Sprague-Dawley; TISSUE=Liver; RX PubMed=1737750; DOI=10.1016/s0021-9258(19)50678-0; RA Rassouli M., Sambasivam H., Azadi P., Dell A., Morris H.R., Nagpurkar A., RA Mookerjea S., Murray R.K.; RT "Derivation of the amino acid sequence of rat C-reactive protein from cDNA RT cloning with additional studies on the nature of its dimeric component."; RL J. Biol. Chem. 267:2947-2954(1992). RN [2] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA]. RC TISSUE=Spleen; RX PubMed=15489334; DOI=10.1101/gr.2596504; RG The MGC Project Team; RT "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: RT the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)."; RL Genome Res. 14:2121-2127(2004). RN [3] RP PROTEIN SEQUENCE OF 65-74 AND 196-205, AND IDENTIFICATION BY MASS RP SPECTROMETRY. RC STRAIN=Sprague-Dawley; TISSUE=Brain; RA Lubec G., Kang S.U., Lubec S.; RL Submitted (SEP-2007) to UniProtKB. CC -!- FUNCTION: Displays several functions associated with host defense: it CC promotes agglutination, bacterial capsular swelling, phagocytosis and CC complement fixation through its calcium-dependent binding to CC phosphorylcholine. Can interact with DNA and histones and may scavenge CC nuclear material released from damaged circulating cells (By CC similarity). {ECO:0000250}. CC -!- COFACTOR: CC Name=Ca(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:29108; Evidence={ECO:0000250}; CC Note=Binds 2 calcium ions per subunit. {ECO:0000250}; CC -!- SUBUNIT: Homopentamer; disulfide-linked. Pentraxin (or pentaxin) have a CC discoid arrangement of 5 non-covalently bound subunits. Two of the five CC chains form a dimer linked by two interchain disulfide bonds located in CC the C-terminal heptapeptide and specific to rat CRP. Interacts with CC FCN1; may regulate monocyte activation by FCN1 (By similarity). CC {ECO:0000250}. CC -!- SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Secreted. CC -!- TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Found in plasma. CC -!- PTM: The last two cysteines are involved either in interchain disulfide CC bonds or in an intrachain bond. CC -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the pentraxin family. {ECO:0000305}. CC -!- WEB RESOURCE: Name=Protein Spotlight; Note=No more Christmas pudding? CC - Issue 30 of January 2003; CC URL="https://www.proteinspotlight.org/back_issues/030"; CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC Copyrighted by the UniProt Consortium, see https://www.uniprot.org/terms CC Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR EMBL; M83176; AAA40964.1; -; mRNA. DR EMBL; BC091157; AAH91157.1; -; mRNA. DR PIR; A42579; A42579. DR RefSeq; NP_058792.1; NM_017096.4. DR AlphaFoldDB; P48199; -. DR SMR; P48199; -. DR BioGRID; 247454; 1. DR FunCoup; P48199; 21. DR IntAct; P48199; 1. DR MINT; P48199; -. DR STRING; 10116.ENSRNOP00000074751; -. DR GlyConnect; P48199; 2 N-Linked glycans (1 site). DR GlyCosmos; P48199; 1 site, 4 glycans. DR GlyGen; P48199; 1 site, 4 N-linked glycans (1 site). DR iPTMnet; P48199; -. DR PhosphoSitePlus; P48199; -. DR PaxDb; 10116-ENSRNOP00000074751; -. DR GeneID; 25419; -. DR KEGG; rno:25419; -. DR UCSC; RGD:2411; rat. DR AGR; RGD:2411; -. DR CTD; 1401; -. DR RGD; 2411; Crp. DR VEuPathDB; HostDB:ENSRNOG00000000053; -. DR eggNOG; ENOG502S201; Eukaryota. DR HOGENOM; CLU_032051_2_0_1; -. DR InParanoid; P48199; -. DR PhylomeDB; P48199; -. DR Reactome; R-RNO-173623; Classical antibody-mediated complement activation. DR PRO; PR:P48199; -. DR Proteomes; UP000002494; Chromosome 13. DR Bgee; ENSRNOG00000000053; Expressed in liver and 17 other cell types or tissues. DR GO; GO:0005576; C:extracellular region; IDA:RGD. DR GO; GO:0030175; C:filopodium; IDA:RGD. DR GO; GO:0030426; C:growth cone; IDA:RGD. DR GO; GO:0005509; F:calcium ion binding; ISO:RGD. DR GO; GO:0015485; F:cholesterol binding; IDA:RGD. DR GO; GO:0001849; F:complement component C1q complex binding; ISO:RGD. DR GO; GO:0042802; F:identical protein binding; IPI:RGD. DR GO; GO:0030169; F:low-density lipoprotein particle binding; IDA:RGD. DR GO; GO:0050750; F:low-density lipoprotein particle receptor binding; ISO:RGD. DR GO; GO:0006953; P:acute-phase response; IEP:RGD. DR GO; GO:0071277; P:cellular response to calcium ion; IDA:RGD. DR GO; GO:0071354; P:cellular response to interleukin-6; IEP:RGD. DR GO; GO:0071732; P:cellular response to nitric oxide; IEP:RGD. DR GO; GO:0006958; P:complement activation, classical pathway; IMP:RGD. DR GO; GO:0045087; P:innate immune response; IBA:GO_Central. DR GO; GO:0010888; P:negative regulation of lipid storage; ISO:RGD. DR GO; GO:0010745; P:negative regulation of macrophage derived foam cell differentiation; ISO:RGD. DR GO; GO:0032945; P:negative regulation of mononuclear cell proliferation; ISO:RGD. DR GO; GO:0032929; P:negative regulation of superoxide anion generation; IDA:RGD. DR GO; GO:1900006; P:positive regulation of dendrite development; IMP:RGD. DR GO; GO:0010628; P:positive regulation of gene expression; ISO:RGD. DR GO; GO:0045429; P:positive regulation of nitric oxide biosynthetic process; IDA:RGD. DR GO; GO:0032930; P:positive regulation of superoxide anion generation; ISO:RGD. DR GO; GO:0051258; P:protein polymerization; IDA:RGD. DR GO; GO:0032677; P:regulation of interleukin-8 production; ISS:UniProtKB. DR GO; GO:0010988; P:regulation of low-density lipoprotein particle clearance; IDA:RGD. DR GO; GO:0032355; P:response to estradiol; IEP:RGD. DR GO; GO:0045471; P:response to ethanol; IEP:RGD. DR GO; GO:0001666; P:response to hypoxia; IEP:RGD. DR GO; GO:0010288; P:response to lead ion; IEP:RGD. DR GO; GO:0031667; P:response to nutrient levels; IEP:RGD. DR GO; GO:0033574; P:response to testosterone; IEP:RGD. DR GO; GO:0042310; P:vasoconstriction; ISO:RGD. DR CDD; cd00152; PTX; 1. DR FunFam; 2.60.120.200:FF:000070; Serum amyloid P-component; 1. DR Gene3D; 2.60.120.200; -; 1. DR InterPro; IPR013320; ConA-like_dom_sf. DR InterPro; IPR030476; Pentaxin_CS. DR InterPro; IPR051005; Pentraxin_domain. DR InterPro; IPR001759; PTX_dom. DR PANTHER; PTHR45869:SF7; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; 1. DR PANTHER; PTHR45869; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN-RELATED; 1. DR Pfam; PF00354; Pentaxin; 1. DR PRINTS; PR00895; PENTAXIN. DR SMART; SM00159; PTX; 1. DR SUPFAM; SSF49899; Concanavalin A-like lectins/glucanases; 1. DR PROSITE; PS00289; PTX_1; 1. DR PROSITE; PS51828; PTX_2; 1. PE 1: Evidence at protein level; KW Acute phase; Calcium; Direct protein sequencing; Disulfide bond; KW Glycoprotein; Metal-binding; Reference proteome; Secreted; Signal. FT SIGNAL 1..19 FT /evidence="ECO:0000250" FT CHAIN 20..230 FT /note="C-reactive protein" FT /id="PRO_0000023532" FT DOMAIN 24..223 FT /note="Pentraxin (PTX)" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU01172" FT BINDING 78 FT /ligand="Ca(2+)" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:29108" FT /ligand_label="1" FT /evidence="ECO:0000250" FT BINDING 155 FT /ligand="Ca(2+)" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:29108" FT /ligand_label="1" FT /evidence="ECO:0000250" FT BINDING 155 FT /ligand="Ca(2+)" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:29108" FT /ligand_label="2" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU01172" FT BINDING 156 FT /ligand="Ca(2+)" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:29108" FT /ligand_label="1" FT /evidence="ECO:0000250" FT BINDING 157 FT /ligand="Ca(2+)" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:29108" FT /ligand_label="1" FT /evidence="ECO:0000250" FT BINDING 157 FT /ligand="Ca(2+)" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:29108" FT /ligand_label="2" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU01172" FT BINDING 167 FT /ligand="Ca(2+)" FT /ligand_id="ChEBI:CHEBI:29108" FT /ligand_label="2" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU01172" FT CARBOHYD 147 FT /note="N-linked (GlcNAc...) asparagine" FT /id="CAR_000154" FT DISULFID 55..114 FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU01172" FT DISULFID 227..228 FT /note="In monomeric form" FT DISULFID 227 FT /note="Interchain; in polymeric form" FT DISULFID 228 FT /note="Interchain; in polymeric form" SQ SEQUENCE 230 AA; 25468 MW; D8CF6BFE72376309 CRC64; MEKLLWCLLI TISFSQAFGH EDMSKQAFVF PGVSATAYVS LEAESKKPLE AFTVCLYAHA DVSRSFSIFS YATKTSFNEI LLFWTRGQGF SIAVGGPEIL FSASEIPEVP THICATWESA TGIVELWLDG KPRVRKSLQK GYIVGTNASI ILGQEQDSYG GGFDANQSLV GDIGDVNMWD FVLSPEQINA VYVGRVFSPN VLNWRALKYE THGDVFIKPQ LWPLTDCCES //