Von Willebrand factor

mammalian protein found in Homo sapiens
Protein Protein Q412310
Von Willebrand factor
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Facts

9 properties
Instance of
protein
Part of
Von Willebrand factor-related, von Willebrand factor A-like domain superfamily, Serine protease inhibitor-like superfamily, VWFC domain, protein family, von Willebrand factor, type A, protein family, Cystine knot, C-terminal domain, protein family, von Willebrand factor, VWA N-terminal domain, protein family, Trypsin Inhibitor-like, cysteine rich domain, protein family, von Willebrand factor, type D domain, protein family, Uncharacterised domain, cysteine-rich, protein family[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
Biological process
hemostasis, blood coagulation, intrinsic pathway, platelet degranulation, extracellular matrix organization, blood coagulation, cell-substrate adhesion, cell adhesion, response to wounding, protein homooligomerization, platelet activation[37][38]
Encoded by
VWF
Found in taxon
Homo sapiens
Has part(s)
von Willebrand factor, type A, Uncharacterised domain, cysteine-rich, von Willebrand factor, type D domain, Trypsin Inhibitor-like, cysteine rich domain, Cystine knot, C-terminal, VWFC domain, von Willebrand factor, VWA N-terminal domain[12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
Molecular function
chaperone binding, protein homodimerization activity, collagen binding, protein N-terminus binding, immunoglobulin binding, protease binding, integrin binding, identical protein binding, protein binding, extracellular matrix structural constituent, extracellular matrix structural constituent, extracellular matrix structural constituent[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]
🏷️ Also known as
en uniprot:P04275 en coagulation factor VIII VWF en Von Willebrand factor en VWF en von Willebrand factor ar عامل فون ويليبراند ar Von Willebrand factor cs VWF cs Von Willebrandův faktor de Von-Willebrand-Faktor de Von Willebrand-Faktor de Faktor VIII-assoziiertes Antigen de VWF de Willebrand-Faktor es Factor de von Willebrand es Factor von Willebrand fa عامل فون ویلبراند fi Von Willebrand -tekijä fr PTTa fr cofacteur de la ristocetine
🔖 Identifiers · 12
OpenAlex ID
C2779394231
ATC code
B02BD10
Exact match
purl.uniprot.org
Freebase ID
/m/02xr1z
MeSH descriptor ID
D014841
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779394231, 2908911547
RefSeq protein ID
NP_000543
UniProt protein ID
P04275
Wellcome Collection concept ID
brhvhyuw

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🔗 Connections
Cell component 5
Biological process 3
Found in taxon 1
Instance of 1
Molecular function 1
Named after 1
← Has cause 1
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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . A novel von Willebrand disease-causing mutation (Arg273Trp) in the von Willebrand factor propeptide that results in defective multimerization and secretion. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . A novel von Willebrand disease-causing mutation (Arg273Trp) in the von Willebrand factor propeptide that results in defective multimerization and secretion. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . 150-kD von Willebrand factor binding protein extracted from human vascular subendothelium is type VI collagen. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . Identification of three tyrosine residues of glycoprotein Ib alpha with distinct roles in von Willebrand factor and alpha-thrombin binding. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . The relationship of N-linked glycosylation and heavy chain-binding protein association with the secretion of glycoproteins. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . ADAMTS-13 metalloprotease interacts with the endothelial cell-derived ultra-large von Willebrand factor. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . Propolypeptide of von Willebrand factor is a novel ligand for very late antigen-4 integrin. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . Two Cys residues essential for von Willebrand factor multimer assembly in the Golgi. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . Identification of the regulatory elements of the human von Willebrand factor for binding to platelet GPIb. Importance of structural integrity of the regions flanked by the CYS1272-CYS1458 disulfide bond. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . SILAC-based proteomics of human primary endothelial cell morphogenesis unveils tumor angiogenic markers. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . Biochemistry and genetics of von Willebrand factor. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . Inducible secretion of large, biologically potent von Willebrand factor multimers. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . Immunolocalization of von Willebrand protein in Weibel-Palade bodies of human endothelial cells. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . Large-scale proteomics and phosphoproteomics of urinary exosomes. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . Immunolocalization of von Willebrand protein in Weibel-Palade bodies of human endothelial cells. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . Immunolocalization of von Willebrand protein in Weibel-Palade bodies of human endothelial cells. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . A novel von Willebrand disease-causing mutation (Arg273Trp) in the von Willebrand factor propeptide that results in defective multimerization and secretion. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . GOA. Retrieved . ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Dirac · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Molecular function → chaperone binding, protein homodimerization activity, collagen binding +1
    Cell component → platelet alpha granule, Weibel-Palade body, extracellular region +1
    Instance of → protein
    Image → PBB Protein VWF image.jpg
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Image: PBB Protein VWF image.jpg, batch #261337"
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