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; OMA:ASPN - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
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]
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Function

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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

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  1. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000021388Ensembl, 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. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: ASPN asporin".
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Further reading

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