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Facts about Basement membrane-specific heparan sulfate proteoglycan core protein.
It functions as an attachment substrate for cells. Plays essential roles in vascularization.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | HSPG2 |
Uniprot: | P98160 |
Entrez: | 3339 |
Belongs to: |
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No superfamily |
basement membrane-specific heparan sulfate proteoglycan core protein; endorepellin (domain V region); Endorepellin; heparan sulfate proteoglycan 2; HSPG; HSPG2; perlecan proteoglycan; Perlecan; PLCSchwartz-Jampel syndrome 1 (chondrodystrophic myotonia); PRCAN; SJA; SJS; SJS1
Mass (kDA):
468.83 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 1p36.12 |
Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (21822244..21937310, complement) |
Found in the basement membranes.
Secreted, extracellular space, extracellular matrix, basement membrane.
PMID: 1730768 by Kallunki P., et al. Human basement membrane heparan sulfate proteoglycan core protein: a 467-kD protein containing multiple domains resembling elements of the low density lipoprotein receptor, laminin, neural cell adhesion molecules, and epidermal growth factor.
PMID: 8234307 by Cohen I.R., et al. Structural characterization of the complete human perlecan gene and its promoter.
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