Integrin alpha-1

Integrin alpha-1 also CD49a is an integrin alpha subunit encoded in humans by the gene ITGA1. It makes up half of the α1β1 integrin duplex. Though CD49a can bind a number of ligands including collagen IV, collagen I, and others.

ITGA1
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesITGA1, CD49a, VLA1, integrin subunit alpha 1
External IDsOMIM: 192968 MGI: 96599 HomoloGene: 57137 GeneCards: ITGA1
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

3672

109700

Ensembl

ENSG00000213949

ENSMUSG00000042284

UniProt

P56199

Q3V3R4

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_181501

NM_001033228

RefSeq (protein)

NP_852478

NP_001028400

Location (UCSC)Chr 5: 52.79 – 52.96 MbChr 13: 115.09 – 115.24 Mb
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CD49a has been implicated as a marker of tissue resident memory T cells, where it may be coexpressed with other markers CD103 and CD69. It has been shown to affect the motility of T cells.

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