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GC

Chr 4q13.3

GC vitamin D binding protein

Aliases:
DBP, VDBP, hDBP
MANE:
ENST00000273951.13

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Moderate Evidence (Amber)

  • COVID-19 research

    Unknown

Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • vitamin D deficiency

    0.56
  • vitamin deficiency disorder

    0.53
  • chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    0.50
  • central nervous system cancer

    0.33
  • squamous cell carcinoma

    0.32
  • placental retention

    0.30
  • coronary artery calcification

    0.26
  • cervical carcinoma

    0.26
  • placental abruption

    0.24
  • COVID-19

    0.23

Score is the Open Targets composite evidence score (0-1). Higher = stronger gene-disease association.

Protein function (UniProt)

Vitamin D-binding protein

Involved in vitamin D transport and storage, scavenging of extracellular G-actin, enhancement of the chemotactic activity of C5 alpha for neutrophils in inflammation and macrophage activation

Curated MONDO disease pages that list GC among their top associated genes.

Data sources: HGNC (CC BY 4.0), AlphaFold (CC BY 4.0, Jumper et al. Nature 2021), Genomics England PanelApp (CC BY 4.0), ClinGen, Open Targets (CC0), UniProt.

Not for sole clinical decision-making. Always verify against primary sources.