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Carbohydrates > Polysaccharides > Proteoglycans > Small Leucine-Rich Proteoglycans > Lumican
... > Carbohydrates > Glycoconjugates > Glycoproteins > Proteoglycans > Small Leucine-Rich Proteoglycans > Lumican
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Glycoproteins > Proteoglycans > Small Leucine-Rich Proteoglycans > Lumican
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Scleroproteins > Extracellular Matrix Proteins > Small Leucine-Rich Proteoglycans > Lumican

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Lumican  

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Entry terms

  • Lumican Proteoglycan

Scope note

  • A small leucine-rich proteoglycan that contains 10 tandem leucine repeats and four N-linked sites within the leucine repeat region that may be substituted with KERATAN SULFATE. These properties and its horseshoe shape allow it to mediate interactions among COLLAGEN molecules within fibrils. It is expressed in most mesenchymal tissues as well as the CORNEA, where it functions to maintain transparency.

History note

  • 2017 (1978)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000071234

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