Complement component 5: Difference between revisions

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'''Complement component 5''' is a [[protein]] that in humans is encoded by the ''C5'' [[gene]].<ref name="entrez">{{cite web | title = Entrez Gene: complement component 5| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=727| accessdate = }}</ref>

Complement component 5 is involved in the [[complement system]]. It is cleaved into [[C5a]] and C5b:

* [[C5a]] plays an important role in [[chemotaxis]].<ref>{{GeorgiaImmunology|1/phagocyt}}</ref>

* C5b forms the first part of the [[complement membrane attack complex]].