Asporin

Asporin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ASPN gene.[4]

ASPN
Identifiers
AliasesASPN, OS3, PLAP-1, PLAP1, SLRR1C, asporin, Asporin
External IDsOMIM: 608135 MGI: 1913945 HomoloGene: 32357 GeneCards: ASPN
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

54829

66695

Ensembl

n/a

ENSMUSG00000021388

UniProt

Q9BXN1

Q99MQ4

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_017680
NM_001193335

NM_001172481
NM_025711

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001180264
NP_060150

NP_001165952
NP_079987

Location (UCSC)n/aChr 13: 49.7 – 49.72 Mb
PubMed search[2][3]
Wikidata
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Function

ASPN belongs to a family of leucine-rich repeat (LRR) proteins associated with the cartilage matrix. The name asporin reflects the unique aspartate-rich N terminus and the overall similarity to decorin (MIM 125255) (Lorenzo et al., 2001).[4]

References

  1. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000021388 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Entrez Gene: ASPN asporin".

Further reading


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