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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.

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Aliases
BGN, DSPG1, PG-S1, PGI, SLRR1A, biglycan, SEMDX, MRLS
Band
Xq28 · X A7.3|X 37.33 cM
Bgee
Descending thoracic aorta · ascending aorta · right coronary artery · tendon of biceps brachii · popliteal artery
BioGPS
More reference expression data
Chr.
X chromosome (human) · X chromosome (mouse)
Databases
NCBI: entry; OMA: entry

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Biglycan

Nodes33
Edges32
Triples111
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.060606
Components1

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Gene ontology · 29
Biglycan → biological process, blood vessel remodeling, cell surface, chondroitin sulfate biosynthetic process, chondroitin sulfate catabolic process, collagen-containing extracellular matrix, cytokine-mediated signaling pathway, cytoplasm, dermatan sulfate biosynthetic process, extracellular exosome, extracellular matrix, extracellular matrix binding, extracellular matrix organization, extracellular matrix structural constituent, extracellular matrix structural constituent conferring compression resistance, extracellular region, extracellular space, glycosaminoglycan binding, glycosaminoglycan metabolic process, Golgi lumen
Bgee · 19
Biglycan → ankle, ankle joint, aortic valve, ascending aorta, body of femur, calvaria, Descending thoracic aorta, gallbladder, left coronary artery, molar, popliteal artery, right coronary artery, right lung, stroma of bone marrow, tendon of biceps brachii, tibia, tibial arteries, tunica media of zone of aorta, umbilical cord
RNA expression pattern · 19
Biglycan → ankle, ankle joint, aortic valve, ascending aorta, body of femur, calvaria, Descending thoracic aorta, gallbladder, left coronary artery, molar, popliteal artery, right coronary artery, right lung, stroma of bone marrow, tendon of biceps brachii, tibia, tibial arteries, tunica media of zone of aorta, umbilical cord
related to External links · 6
Biglycan → BGN, Human BGN, Medicine Medical Subject Headings, MeSH, National Library, UCSC Genome Browser
related to Function · 6
Biglycan → Bgn, BMP-4, It, Knock-out, TGF-beta, There
related to Structure · 6
Biglycan → CS, DS, GAG, Non-glycanated, The, The CS/DS
related to Interactions · 4
Biglycan → GAG, II, It, SGCA
Band · 2
Biglycan → X A7.3|X 37.33 cM, Xq28
Chr. · 2
Biglycan → X chromosome (human), X chromosome (mouse)
End · 2
Biglycan → 153,509,546 bp, 72,539,539 bp

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human bp gene bgn chains chromosome chr band gag bone reported proteoglycan protein location mouse structure core collagen tendon cartilage

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BiglycanAliasesBGN, DSPG1, PG-S1, PGI, SLRR1A, biglycan, SEMDX, MRLS1.00infobox
BiglycanBandXq281.00infobox
BiglycanBandX A7.3|X 37.33 cM1.00infobox
BiglycanBgeeDescending thoracic aorta1.00infobox
BiglycanBgeeascending aorta1.00infobox
BiglycanBgeeright coronary artery1.00infobox
BiglycanBgeetendon of biceps brachii1.00infobox
BiglycanBgeepopliteal artery1.00infobox
BiglycanBgeetibial arteries1.00infobox
BiglycanBgeeleft coronary artery1.00infobox
BiglycanBgeetibia1.00infobox
BiglycanBgeeright lung1.00infobox
BiglycanBgeegallbladder1.00infobox
BiglycanBgeecalvaria1.00infobox
BiglycanBgeetunica media of zone of aorta1.00infobox
BiglycanBgeestroma of bone marrow1.00infobox
BiglycanBgeeankle joint1.00infobox
BiglycanBgeeumbilical cord1.00infobox
BiglycanBgeebody of femur1.00infobox
BiglycanBgeeaortic valve1.00infobox
BiglycanBgeeankle1.00infobox
BiglycanBgeemolar1.00infobox
BiglycanBioGPSMore reference expression data1.00infobox
BiglycanChr.X chromosome (human)1.00infobox
BiglycanChr.X chromosome (mouse)1.00infobox
BiglycanDatabasesNCBI: entry; OMA: entry1.00infobox
BiglycanEnd153,509,546 bp1.00infobox
BiglycanEnd72,539,539 bp1.00infobox
BiglycanEnsemblENSG000001824921.00infobox
BiglycanEntrez6331.00infobox

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