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FBLN7 fibulin 7 [ Homo sapiens (human) ]

Gene ID: 129804, updated on 5-Jul-2025
Official Symbol
FBLN7provided by HGNC
Official Full Name
fibulin 7provided by HGNC
Primary source
HGNC:HGNC:26740
See related
Ensembl:ENSG00000144152 MIM:611551; AllianceGenome:HGNC:26740
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
VALIDATED
Organism
Homo sapiens
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
Also known as
TM14
Summary
Predicted to enable calcium ion binding activity; heparan sulfate proteoglycan binding activity; and heparin binding activity. Predicted to be involved in cell adhesion. Located in focal adhesion. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]
Expression
Broad expression in thyroid (RPKM 2.4), lymph node (RPKM 1.6) and 23 other tissues See more
Orthologs
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Location:
2q13-q14.1
Exon count:
13
Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
RS_2024_08 current GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40) 2 NC_000002.12 (112138385..112244708)
RS_2024_08 current T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1) 2 NC_060926.1 (112565320..112671583)
RS_2024_09 previous assembly GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25) 2 NC_000002.11 (112895962..112945795)

Chromosome 2 - NC_000002.12Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene MER proto-oncogene, tyrosine kinase Neighboring gene SLC30A6 pseudogene 1 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 3720 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 10261 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 11868 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 11869 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 16388 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 16389 Neighboring gene ReSE screen-validated silencer GRCh37_chr2:112818151-112818365 Neighboring gene transmembrane protein 87B Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 16390 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr2:112897779-112898492 Neighboring gene H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr2:112914115-112914944 Neighboring gene NANOG hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr2:112925881-112926394 Neighboring gene zinc finger CCCH-type containing 8 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 11870 Neighboring gene CRISPRi-validated cis-regulatory element chr2.4107 Neighboring gene uncharacterized LOC124906182 Neighboring gene NANOG-H3K27ac-H3K4me1 hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr2:113032876-113033448 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 11871 Neighboring gene MPRA-validated peak3818 silencer Neighboring gene NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase subunit B4 pseudogene 6 Neighboring gene zinc finger CCCH-type containing 6

Go to nucleotide: Graphics FASTA GenBank

  • Project title: Tissue-specific circular RNA induction during human fetal development
  • Description: 35 human fetal samples from 6 tissues (3 - 7 replicates per tissue) collected between 10 and 20 weeks gestational time were sequenced using Illumina TruSeq Stranded Total RNA
  • BioProject: PRJNA270632
  • Publication: PMID 26076956
  • Analysis date: Mon Apr 2 22:54:59 2018

Related articles in PubMed

  1. A C-terminal fragment of fibulin-7 interacts with endothelial cells and inhibits their tube formation in culture. de Vega S, et al. Arch Biochem Biophys, 2014 Mar 1. PMID 24480309, Free PMC Article
  2. Fibulin7 aggravates calcium oxalate-induced acute kidney injury by binding to calcium oxalate crystals. Sugiura H, et al. J Cell Physiol, 2023 Jan. PMID 36370444
  3. Novel progressive acrodysostosis-like skeletal dysplasia, cerebellar atrophy, and ichthyosis. Velasco HM, et al. Am J Med Genet A, 2020 Oct. PMID 32783359, Free PMC Article
  4. Possible role of differentially expressing novel protein markers (ligatin and fibulin-7) in human aqueous humor and trabecular meshwork tissue in glaucoma progression. Basu K, et al. Cell Biol Int, 2019 Jul. PMID 30958601
  5. Fibulin-7 is overexpressed in glioblastomas and modulates glioblastoma neovascularization through interaction with angiopoietin-1. de Vega S, et al. Int J Cancer, 2019 Oct 15. PMID 30924128

See all (19) citations in PubMed

GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?
  1. Fibulin7 Mediated Pathological Cardiac Remodeling through EGFR Binding and EGFR-Dependent FAK/AKT Signaling Activation.
    Title: Fibulin7 Mediated Pathological Cardiac Remodeling through EGFR Binding and EGFR-Dependent FAK/AKT Signaling Activation.
  2. Fibulin7 aggravates calcium oxalate-induced acute kidney injury by binding to calcium oxalate crystals.
    Title: Fibulin7 aggravates calcium oxalate-induced acute kidney injury by binding to calcium oxalate crystals.
  3. Novel progressive acrodysostosis-like skeletal dysplasia, cerebellar atrophy, and ichthyosis.
    Title: Novel progressive acrodysostosis-like skeletal dysplasia, cerebellar atrophy, and ichthyosis.
  4. fibulin-7 (Fbln7) bound to angiopoietin-1 through interaction between the N-terminal portions of Fbln7 and angiopoietin-1.
    Title: Fibulin-7 is overexpressed in glioblastomas and modulates glioblastoma neovascularization through interaction with angiopoietin-1.
  5. this is the first report which confirms the presence of ligatin and fibulin-7 in human aqueous humor, quantified their differential expression, and indicated the possibility of their involvement in the maintenance of the trabecular meshwork structure in glaucoma progression.
    Title: Possible role of differentially expressing novel protein markers (ligatin and fibulin-7) in human aqueous humor and trabecular meshwork tissue in glaucoma progression.
  6. Heterozygous loss of FBLN7 and TMEM87B account for some of the clinical features, including cardiac defects and craniofacial abnormalities associated with 2q13 deletion syndrome.
    Title: Functional analysis of candidate genes in 2q13 deletion syndrome implicates FBLN7 and TMEM87B deficiency in congenital heart defects and FBLN7 in craniofacial malformations.
  7. Fbln7-C terminal fragment inhibited the HUVEC tube formation and the vessel sprouting in aortic ring assays.
    Title: A C-terminal fragment of fibulin-7 interacts with endothelial cells and inhibits their tube formation in culture.
  8. Dysregulation of fibulin expression by anti-Ro/SSA antibodiess may contribute to disorganization of the extracellular environment and thus cause injury to the salivary gland architecture and functionality observed in Sjogren syndrome
    Title: Anti-Ro/SSA autoantibody-mediated regulation of extracellular matrix fibulins in human epithelial cells of the salivary gland.
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Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

Markers

Homology

Clone Names

  • FLJ37440, DKFZp547D0610

Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables calcium ion binding IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
enables heparan sulfate proteoglycan binding IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
enables heparin binding IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
Process Evidence Code Pubs
involved_in cell adhesion IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
Component Evidence Code Pubs
located_in extracellular matrix IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
located_in extracellular region IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
located_in extracellular space IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
located_in focal adhesion HDA PubMed 
Preferred Names
fibulin-7
Names
FIBL-7

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

These reference sequences exist independently of genome builds. Explain

These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.

mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NM_001128165.2 → NP_001121637.1  fibulin-7 isoform 2 precursor

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_001121637.1

    Status: VALIDATED

    Description
    Transcript Variant: This variant (2) omits an alternate in-frame coding exon resulting in a shorter protein isoform (2), compared to transcript variant 1.
    Source sequence(s)
    AC092645, BC035784, BC126986, DA201691
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS46391.1
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    Q53RD9
    Related
    ENSP00000387000.3, ENST00000409450.7
    Conserved Domains (4) summary
    cd00033
    Location:81 → 135
    CCP; Complement control protein (CCP) modules (aka short consensus repeats SCRs or SUSHI repeats) have been identified in several proteins of the complement system
    smart00179
    Location:178 → 223
    EGF_CA; Calcium-binding EGF-like domain
    cd00054
    Location:137 → 172
    EGF_CA; Calcium-binding EGF-like domain, present in a large number of membrane-bound and extracellular (mostly animal) proteins. Many of these proteins require calcium for their biological function and calcium-binding sites have been found to be located at the ...
    pfam07645
    Location:224 → 261
    EGF_CA; Calcium-binding EGF domain

  2. NM_153214.3 → NP_694946.2  fibulin-7 isoform 1 precursor

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_694946.2

    Status: VALIDATED

    Description
    Transcript Variant: This variant (1) encodes the longer protein isoform (1).
    Source sequence(s)
    AC092645, AK094759, BC035784
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS2095.1
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    A0JNV1, A0JNV2, Q53RD9, Q5H9P5, Q8N9G0
    Related
    ENSP00000331411.2, ENST00000331203.7
    Conserved Domains (4) summary
    cd00033
    Location:81 → 135
    CCP; Complement control protein (CCP) modules (aka short consensus repeats SCRs or SUSHI repeats) have been identified in several proteins of the complement system
    smart00179
    Location:224 → 269
    EGF_CA; Calcium-binding EGF-like domain
    cd00054
    Location:137 → 172
    EGF_CA; Calcium-binding EGF-like domain, present in a large number of membrane-bound and extracellular (mostly animal) proteins. Many of these proteins require calcium for their biological function and calcium-binding sites have been found to be located at the ...
    pfam07645
    Location:270 → 307
    EGF_CA; Calcium-binding EGF domain

RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_000001405.40-RS_2024_08

The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_000002.12 Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

    Range
    112138385..112244708
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. XM_006712260.3 → XP_006712323.1  fibulin-7 isoform X4

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    B8ZZC1
    Related
    ENSP00000386295.1, ENST00000409903.5
    Conserved Domains (5) summary
    cd00033
    Location:81 → 135
    CCP; Complement control protein (CCP) modules (aka short consensus repeats SCRs or SUSHI repeats) have been identified in several proteins of the complement system
    cd00054
    Location:137 → 172
    EGF_CA; Calcium-binding EGF-like domain, present in a large number of membrane-bound and extracellular (mostly animal) proteins. Many of these proteins require calcium for their biological function and calcium-binding sites have been found to be located at the ...
    pfam07645
    Location:270 → 307
    EGF_CA; Calcium-binding EGF domain
    pfam12662
    Location:250 → 273
    cEGF; Complement Clr-like EGF-like
    cl00057
    Location:220 → 267
    vWFA; Von Willebrand factor type A (vWA) domain was originally found in the blood coagulation protein von Willebrand factor (vWF). Typically, the vWA domain is made up of approximately 200 amino acid residues folded into a classic a/b para-rossmann type of ...

  2. XM_011510585.2 → XP_011508887.1  fibulin-7 isoform X1

    Conserved Domains (4) summary
    cd00033
    Location:81 → 135
    CCP; Complement control protein (CCP) modules (aka short consensus repeats SCRs or SUSHI repeats) have been identified in several proteins of the complement system
    smart00179
    Location:224 → 269
    EGF_CA; Calcium-binding EGF-like domain
    cd00054
    Location:137 → 172
    EGF_CA; Calcium-binding EGF-like domain, present in a large number of membrane-bound and extracellular (mostly animal) proteins. Many of these proteins require calcium for their biological function and calcium-binding sites have been found to be located at the ...
    pfam07645
    Location:270 → 307
    EGF_CA; Calcium-binding EGF domain

  3. XM_047443318.1 → XP_047299274.1  fibulin-7 isoform X2

  4. XM_047443319.1 → XP_047299275.1  fibulin-7 isoform X5

  5. XM_047443320.1 → XP_047299276.1  fibulin-7 isoform X6

  6. XM_011510587.3 → XP_011508889.1  fibulin-7 isoform X3

    Conserved Domains (4) summary
    cd00033
    Location:24 → 78
    CCP; Complement control protein (CCP) modules (aka short consensus repeats SCRs or SUSHI repeats) have been identified in several proteins of the complement system
    smart00179
    Location:167 → 212
    EGF_CA; Calcium-binding EGF-like domain
    cd00054
    Location:80 → 115
    EGF_CA; Calcium-binding EGF-like domain, present in a large number of membrane-bound and extracellular (mostly animal) proteins. Many of these proteins require calcium for their biological function and calcium-binding sites have been found to be located at the ...
    pfam07645
    Location:213 → 250
    EGF_CA; Calcium-binding EGF domain

RNA

  1. XR_007069507.1 RNA Sequence

  2. XR_007069508.1 RNA Sequence

Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

Genomic

  1. NC_060926.1 Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

    Range
    112565320..112671583
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. XM_054340489.1 → XP_054196464.1  fibulin-7 isoform X4

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    B8ZZC1

  2. XM_054340486.1 → XP_054196461.1  fibulin-7 isoform X1

  3. XM_054340487.1 → XP_054196462.1  fibulin-7 isoform X2

  4. XM_054340490.1 → XP_054196465.1  fibulin-7 isoform X5

  5. XM_054340491.1 → XP_054196466.1  fibulin-7 isoform X6

  6. XM_054340488.1 → XP_054196463.1  fibulin-7 isoform X3

RNA

  1. XR_008486268.1 RNA Sequence

  2. XR_008486269.1 RNA Sequence

Nucleotide Protein
Heading Accession and Version
Protein Accession Links
GenPept Link UniProtKB Link
Q53RD9.1 GenPept UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot:Q53RD9

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