Talk:Platelet basic protein

So currently there are two pages related to the gene PPBP: CXCL7 and β-Thromboglobulin. PPBP apparently can be cleaved into 10 different kinds of proteins. It sounds like CXCL7 is more-or-less a synonym for PPBP, with the largest of the activated chemokines called "Neutrophil-activating peptide 2" (59-128). On the other hand, "Beta-thromboglobulin" (48-128) is slightly larger. It seems possible that multiple pages could be justified in the future, but right now both pages are stubs that aren't even sticking to their distinguished topics, so I think it's worth merging these into one page about PPBP and all its derived proteins. I will merge into this page since the PPBP redirect points here. Pabnau (talk) 15:46, 8 October 2026 (UTC)Reply

The current page name, CXCL7, is an outdated gene symbol (and it doesn't appear this is the standard name for the chemokine subchain). Following MOS:MCB, it seems best to move the page to the uniprot recommended protein name, Platelet basic protein, so I will try to do that. Pabnau (talk) 15:57, 8 October 2026 (UTC)Reply