Biglycan

Biglycan is a small leucine-rich repeat proteoglycan (SLRP) which is found in a variety of extracellular matrix tissues, including bone, cartilage and tendon. In humans, biglycan is encoded by the BGN gene which is located on the X chromosome.

BGN
Identifiers
AliasesBGN, DSPG1, PG-S1, PGI, SLRR1A, biglycan, SEMDX, MRLS
External IDsOMIM: 301870 MGI: 88158 HomoloGene: 1293 GeneCards: BGN
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

633

12111

Ensembl

ENSG00000182492

ENSMUSG00000031375

UniProt

P21810

P28653

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001711

NM_007542

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001702

NP_031568

Location (UCSC)Chr X: 153.49 – 153.51 MbChr X: 72.53 – 72.54 Mb
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The name "biglycan" was proposed in an article by Fisher, Termine and Young in an article in the Journal of Biological Chemistry in 1989 because the proteoglycan contained two GAG chains; formerly it was known as proteoglycan-I (PG-I).

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