| Gene Symbol |
SFTPB
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| Entrez Gene |
6439
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| Alt Symbol |
PSP-B, SFTB3, SFTP3, SMDP1, SP-B
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| Species |
Human
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| Gene Type |
protein-coding
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| Description |
surfactant protein B
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| Other Description |
18 kDa pulmonary-surfactant protein|6 kDa protein|pulmonary surfactant-associated protein B|pulmonary surfactant-associated proteolipid SPL(Phe)
|
| Swissprots |
P07988 Q96R04
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| Accessions |
AAB59541 AAK77913 CAJ18771 EAW99487 EAW99488 EAW99489 P07988 AB439563 AB439564 AB439565 AB439566 AK303817 BAG64767 AK314947 BAG37452 AL548140 AW204600 BC032785 AAH32785 BG482852 BI821350 BM989941 CA435153 CA437348 CA439044 DQ317589 ABC59511 HQ447860 ADQ32344 J02761 AAA60212 M16764 AAA88099 M19097 AAA36628 XM_005264487 XP_005264544 XM_005264488 XP_005264545 XM_005264490 XP_005264547 NM_000542 NP_000533 NM_198843 NP_942140
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| Function |
Pulmonary surfactant-associated proteins promote alveolar stability by lowering the surface tension at the air- liquid interface in the peripheral air spaces. SP-B increases the collapse pressure of palmitic acid to nearly 70 millinewtons per meter.
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| Subcellular Location |
Secreted, extracellular space, surface film.
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