Keratocan

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KERA
Identifiers
Aliases KERA , CNA2, KTN, SLRR2B, keratocan
External IDs OMIM: 603288; MGI: 1202398; HomoloGene: 5106; GeneCards: KERA; OMA:KERA - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_007035

NM_008438

RefSeq (protein)

NP_008966

NP_032464

Location (UCSC) Chr 12: 91.05 – 91.06 Mb Chr 10: 97.44 – 97.45 Mb
PubMed search [3] [4]
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Keratocan (KTN) also known as keratan sulfate proteoglycan keratocan, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KERA gene. [5] [6] [7]

Keratan sulfate proteoglycans (KSPGs) are members of the small leucine-rich proteoglycan (SLRP) family. KSPGs, particularly keratocan, lumican and mimecan, are important to the transparency of the cornea. [7]

Mutations of the gene cause cornea plana 2.

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000139330 Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000019932 Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Tasheva ES, Funderburgh JL, Funderburgh ML, Corpuz LM, Conrad GW (Jan 2000). "Structure and sequence of the gene encoding human keratocan". DNA Seq. 10 (1): 67–74. doi:10.3109/10425179909033939. PMID   10565548.
  6. Pellegata NS, Dieguez-Lucena JL, Joensuu T, Lau S, Montgomery KT, Krahe R, Kivela T, Kucherlapati R, Forsius H, de la Chapelle A (Jun 2000). "Mutations in KERA, encoding keratocan, cause cornea plana". Nat Genet. 25 (1): 91–5. doi:10.1038/75664. PMID   10802664. S2CID   8837115.
  7. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: KERA keratocan".

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