Extracellular matrix protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ECM1 gene. [5] [6] [7]
This gene encodes an extracellular protein containing motifs with a cysteine pattern characteristic of the cysteine pattern of the ligand-binding "double-loop" domains of the albumin protein family. This gene maps outside the epidermal differentiation complex (EDC), a cluster of three gene families involved in epidermal differentiation. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been described. [7]
ECM1 is implicated in breast cancer, thyroid cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, and other cancers, and also in ulcerative colitis [8] Germline mutations in ECM-1 cause the genetic disease lipoid proteinosis. Autoimmune attack on ECM-1 is responsible for lichen sclerosus. (see the Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology [9] ).
Collagen XVII, previously called BP180, is a transmembrane protein which plays a critical role in maintaining the linkage between the intracellular and the extracellular structural elements involved in epidermal adhesion, identified by Diaz and colleagues in 1990.
Laminin subunit gamma-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LAMC2 gene.
Laminin subunit beta-3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LAMB3 gene.
Laminin subunit alpha-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LAMA2 gene.
Kallikrein-5, formerly known as stratum corneum tryptic enzyme (SCTE), is a serine protease expressed in the epidermis. In humans it is encoded by the KLK5 gene. This gene is one of the fifteen kallikrein subfamily members located in a cluster on chromosome 19. Its expression is up-regulated by estrogens and progestins. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding the same protein.
Fibulin-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FBLN2 gene.
Latent-transforming growth factor beta-binding protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LTBP1 gene.
EGF-containing fibulin-like extracellular matrix protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EFEMP1 gene.
Melanoma-derived growth regulatory protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MIA gene.
Sialic acid-binding Ig-like lectin 12, or Siglec-XII, is a protein that in humans, is encoded by the SIGLEC12 gene.
Matrilin-3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MATN3 gene. It is linked to the development of many types of cartilage, and part of the Matrilin family, which includes Matrilin-1, Matrilin-2, Matrilin-3, and Matrilin-4, a family of filamentous-forming adapter oligomeric extracellular proteins that are linked to the formation of cartilage and bone, as well as maintaining homeostasis after development. It is considered an extracellular matrix protein that functions as an adapter protein where the Matrilin-3 subunit can form both homo-tetramers and hetero-oligomers with subunits from Matrilin-1 which is the cartilage matrix protein. This restricted tissue has been strongly expressed in growing skeletal tissue as well as cartilage and bone.
Kallikrein-8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KLK8 gene.
Fermitin family homolog 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FERMT1 gene.
Hyaluronan synthase 3 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the HAS3 gene.
Matrilin-2 is a matrilin protein that in humans is encoded by the MATN2 gene.
FRAS1-related extracellular matrix protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FREM2 gene.
Extracellular matrix protein FRAS1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FRAS1 gene. This gene encodes an extracellular matrix protein that appears to function in the regulation of epidermal-basement membrane adhesion and organogenesis during development.
Matrix metalloproteinase-21 (MMP-21) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the MMP21 gene.
Urbach–Wiethe disease is a very rare recessive genetic disorder, with approximately 400 reported cases since its discovery. It was first officially reported in 1929 by Erich Urbach and Camillo Wiethe, although cases may be recognized dating back as early as 1908.
Protein S100-A7A (S100A7A), also known as koebnerisin, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the S100A7A gene.