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Coagulation factor XII (Hageman factor)
Identifiers
Symbol(s) F12; HAF
External IDs OMIM: 234000 MGI1891012 HomoloGene425
EC number 3.4.21.38
RNA expression pattern

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Orthologs
Human Mouse
Entrez 2161 58992
Ensembl ENSG00000131187 ENSMUSG00000021492
Uniprot P00748 n/a
Refseq NM_000505 (mRNA)
NP_000496 (protein)
NM_021489 (mRNA)
NP_067464 (protein)
Location Chr 5: 176.76 - 176.77 Mb Chr 13: 55.43 - 55.44 Mb
Pubmed search [1] [2]

Hageman factor is a plasma protein now usually known as factor XII. The Human Genome Organisation (HUGO is an organization involved in the Human Genome Project, a project about mapping the human genome The Mouse Genome Informatics (MGI website is run by The Jackson Laboratory. HomoloGene, a tool of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI is a system for automated detection of homologs (similarity attributable to descent This article is about the Enzyme Commission codes For the European Commission system for coding chemicals see EC-No. The Entrez Global Query Cross-Database Search System is a powerful Federated search engine or Web portal that allows users to search many discrete Health sciences Ensembl is a joint scientific project between the European Bioinformatics Institute and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, which was launched in 1999 in response to the imminent UniProt is the uni versal prot ein resource a central repository of Protein data created by combining Swiss-Prot, TrEMBL PubMed is a free search engine for accessing the MEDLINE database of citations and abstracts of biomedical research articles It is an enzyme (EC 3.4.21.38) of the serine protease (or serine endopeptidase) class. Enzymes are Biomolecules that catalyze ( ie increase the rates of Chemical reactions Almost all enzymes are Proteins This article is about the Enzyme Commission codes For the European Commission system for coding chemicals see EC-No. Serine proteases or serine endopeptidases (newer name are Proteases ( Enzymes that cut Peptide bonds in Proteins in which one of

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Function

It is part of the coagulation cascade and activates factor XI and prekallikrein. Coagulation is a complex process by which Blood forms Clots It is an important part of Hemostasis (the cessation of blood loss from a damaged vessel whereby Factor XI or plasma thromboplastin antecedent is one of the Enzymes of the coagulation cascade. Kallikreins (tissue and plasma kallikrein are peptidases (enzymes that cleave peptide bonds in proteins a subgroup of the Serine protease family

The coagulation cascade.
The coagulation cascade.

Genetics

The gene for factor XII is located on the tip of the long arm of the fifth chromosome (5q33-qter). History See also History of genetics The existence of genes was first suggested by Gregor Mendel (1822-1884 who in the 1860s studied inheritance A chromosome is an organized structure of DNA and Protein that is found in cells.

Role in disease

Hageman factor deficiency is a rare hereditary disorder with a prevalence of about one in a million, although it is a little less common among Asians. A genetic disorder is a condition caused by abnormalities in Genes or Chromosomes While some diseases such as Cancer, are due to genetic abnormalities acquired In Epidemiology, the prevalence of a Disease in a Statistical population is defined as the total number of cases of the disease in the population at a given Deficiency does not cause excessive hemorrhage as the other coagulation factors make up for the it. Bleeding, technically known as hemorrhaging / haemorrhaging (see American and British spelling differences) is the loss of Blood from It may increase the risk of thrombosis, due to inadequate activation of the fibrinolytic pathway. Thrombosis is the formation of a blood Clot ( Thrombus) inside a Blood vessel, obstructing the flow of Blood through the Circulatory Fibrinolysis is the process wherein a Fibrin clot, the product of Coagulation, is broken down The deficiency leads to activated partial thromboplastin times (PTT) greater than 200 seconds.

Two missense mutations have been identified in F12, the gene encoding human coagulation factor XII. These mutations are thought to be the cause of a very rare form of hereditary angioedema (HAE), called HAE type III. Angioedema ( BE: angiooedema) also known by its Eponym Quincke's edema, is the rapid swelling ( Edema) of the Dermis [1]

History

Hageman factor was first discovered in 1955 when a routine preoperative blood sample of the 37-year-old railroad brakeman John Hageman was found to have prolonged clotting time in test tubes, even though he had no hemorrhagic symptoms. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Hageman was then examined by Dr. Oscar Ratnoff who found that Mr. Hageman lacked a previously unidentified clotting factor. [2] Dr. Ratnoff later found that the Hageman factor deficiency is autosomal recessive disorder, when examining several related people which had the deficiency. Paradoxically, pulmonary embolism contributed to Hageman's death after an occupational accident. Pulmonary embolism (PE is a blockage of the Pulmonary artery or one of its branches usually occurring when a venous Thrombus (blood clot from a vein Since then, case series clinical studies have identified an association of thrombosis and Factor XII deficiency, though the pathophysiology of the relationship is unclear. Thrombosis is the formation of a blood Clot ( Thrombus) inside a Blood vessel, obstructing the flow of Blood through the Circulatory

References

  1. ^ Cichon S, Martin L, Hennies HC, et al (2006). "Increased activity of coagulation factor XII (Hageman factor) causes hereditary angioedema type III". Am. J. Hum. Genet. 79 (6): 1098–104. doi:10.1086/509899. A digital object identifier ( DOI) is a permanent identifier given to an Electronic document. PMID 17186468.  
  2. ^ Ratnoff OD, Margolius A (1955). "Hageman trait: an asymptomatic disorder of blood coagulation". Trans. Assoc. Am. Physicians 68: 149-54. PMID 13299324.  

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