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Official Full Name: CD55 molecule (Cromer blood group)
Also known as: CR; TC; DAF; CROM; CHAPLE
This gene encodes a glycoprotein involved in the regulation of the complement cascade. Binding of encoded proteins to complementary proteins accelerates their decay, disrupting the cascade and preventing damage to the host cell. Antigens present on this protein constitute the Cromer blood group system (CROM). Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. The major transcript variant encodes a membrane-bound protein, but alternatively spliced transcripts may yield soluble proteins.