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Gene information for ALB (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID213
Official gene symbolALB
Full namealbumin
Aliases,DKFZp779N1935,PRO0883,PRO0903,PRO1341,
Gene summaryAlbumin is a soluble, monomeric protein which comprises about one-half of the blood serum protein. Albumin functions primarily as a carrier protein for steroids, fatty acids, and thyroid hormones and plays a role in stabilizing extracellular fluid volume. Albumin is a globular unglycosylated serum protein of molecular weight 65,000. Albumin is synthesized in the liver as preproalbumin which has an N-terminal peptide that is removed before the nascent protein is released from the rough endoplasmic reticulum. The product, proalbumin, is in turn cleaved in the Golgi vesicles to produce the secreted albumin. [provided by RefSeq]
LocationChromosome: 4   Locus: 4q11-q13
Gene position74269972 - 74287129  Map Viewer
Gene orientationplus
Gene size17158 bp
Gene sequence
OMIM ID103600