The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen alpha-2-HS-Glycoprotein across different species:

alpha-2-HS-glycoprotein (AHSG), alpha-2-HS-glycoprotein (Cphamn1_1981), alpha-2-HS-glycoprotein (Ahsg), alpha-2-HS-glycoprotein (ahsg)

Other aliases include:

AHS, A2HS, HSGA, FETUA, fetuin-A, pp63, Aa2-066, AHSG, ahs, a2hs, hsga, fetua, MGC103687, MGC192819, wu:fb63g02, zgc:103687, MGC116429, Ahsg

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen alpha-2-HS-Glycoprotein:

alpha-2-HS-glycoprotein – fetuin-A – phosphorylated N-glycoprotein pp63 – alpha 2 HS-glycoprotein alpha 2 (fetuin) – fetuin – alpha2-HS glycoprotein – alpha-2-HS glycoprotein

alpha-2-HS-Glycoprotein fulfills a number of functions:

cysteine-type endopeptidase inhibitor activity – kinase inhibitor activity – protein binding – receptor signaling protein tyrosine kinase inhibitor activity

alpha-2-HS-Glycoprotein is relevant to the following processes:

acute-phase response – cellular response to insulin stimulus – cerebral cortex development – male gonad development – negative regulation of bone mineralization – negative regulation of cell growth – negative regulation of insulin receptor signaling pathway – organ regeneration – ossification – pinocytosis – positive regulation of bone resorption – positive regulation of phagocytosis – regulation of inflammatory response – skeletal system development – protein complex assembly

Locations for alpha-2-HS-Glycoprotein:

extracellular matrix – extracellular region – extracellular space – protein complex

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology