Factor D
| complement factor D (adipsin) | |||||||
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Factor D in Homo sapiens | |||||||
| Identifiers | |||||||
| Symbol | CFD | ||||||
| Alt. symbols | DF, PFD | ||||||
| NCBI gene | 1675 | ||||||
| HGNC | 2771 | ||||||
| OMIM | 134350 | ||||||
| RefSeq | NM_001928 | ||||||
| UniProt | P00746 | ||||||
| Other data | |||||||
| Locus | Chr. 19 p13.3 | ||||||
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Factor D (EC 3.4.21.46, C3 proactivator convertase, properdin factor D esterase, factor D (complement), complement factor D, CFD, adipsin) is a protein which in humans is encoded by the CFD gene. Factor D is involved in the alternative complement pathway of the complement system where it cleaves factor B.