fibrinogen complex

id: GO:0005577
name: fibrinogen complex
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A highly soluble, elongated protein complex found in blood plasma and involved in clot formation. It is converted into fibrin monomer by the action of thrombin. In the mouse, fibrinogen is a hexamer, 46 nm long and 9 nm maximal diameter, containing two sets of nonidentical chains (alpha, beta, and gamma) linked together by disulfide bonds.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0043234protein complex
GO:0044421extracellular region part