======= CFB ======= == Gene Information == * **Official Symbol**: CFB * **Official Name**: complement factor B * **Aliases and Previous Symbols**: N/A * **Entrez ID**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/?term=629|629]] * **UniProt**: [[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P00751|P00751]] * **Interactions**: [[https://thebiogrid.org/search.php?search=CFB&organism=9606|BioGRID]] * **PubMed articles**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=gene%20CFB|Open PubMed]] * **OMIM**: [[https://omim.org/entry/138470|Open OMIM]] == Function Summary == * **Entrez Summary**: This gene encodes complement factor B, a component of the alternative pathway of complement activation. Factor B circulates in the blood as a single chain polypeptide. Upon activation of the alternative pathway, it is cleaved by complement factor D yielding the noncatalytic chain Ba and the catalytic subunit Bb. The active subunit Bb is a serine protease which associates with C3b to form the alternative pathway C3 convertase. Bb is involved in the proliferation of preactivated B lymphocytes, while Ba inhibits their proliferation. This gene localizes to the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class III region on chromosome 6. This cluster includes several genes involved in regulation of the immune reaction. Polymorphisms in this gene are associated with a reduced risk of age-related macular degeneration. The polyadenylation site of this gene is 421 bp from the 5' end of the gene for complement component 2. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]. * **UniProt Summary**: N/A |Sushi| |Trypsin| |VWA| |complement binding| |complement activation, alternative pathway| |regulation of complement activation| |regulation of humoral immune response| |blood microparticle| |serine-type endopeptidase activity| |complement activation| |humoral immune response| |regulation of immune effector process| |activation of immune response| |innate immune response| |positive regulation of immune response| |defense response to other organism| |immune effector process| |positive regulation of immune system process| |regulation of immune response| |proteolysis| |response to other organism| |response to external biotic stimulus| |response to biotic stimulus| |defense response| |extracellular space| |regulation of immune system process| |immune response| |extracellular region| \\ === CRISPR Data === No hits were found. No correlation found to any other genes in chemogenomics. Global Fraction of Cell Lines Where Essential: 1/739 ^Tissue^Fraction Of Cell Lines Where Essential^ |1290807.0|0/1| |909776.0|0/1| |bile duct|0/28| |blood|0/28| |bone|0/26| |breast|1/33| |central nervous system|0/56| |cervix|0/4| |colorectal|0/17| |esophagus|0/13| |fibroblast|0/1| |gastric|0/16| |kidney|0/21| |liver|0/20| |lung|0/75| |lymphocyte|0/16| |ovary|0/26| |pancreas|0/24| |peripheral nervous system|0/16| |plasma cell|0/15| |prostate|0/1| |skin|0/24| |soft tissue|0/9| |thyroid|0/2| |upper aerodigestive|0/22| |urinary tract|0/29| |uterus|0/5| == Essentiality in NALM6 == * **Essentiality Rank**: 10037 * **Expression level (log2 read counts)**: -0.93 {{:chemogenomics:nalm6 dist.png?nolink |}}