PRELP

PRELP
Identifiers
Aliases PRELP, MST161, MSTP161, SLRR2A, proline/arginine-rich end leucine-rich repeat protein, proline and arginine rich end leucine rich repeat protein
External IDs MGI: 2151110 HomoloGene: 2041 GeneCards: PRELP
RNA expression pattern


More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

5549

116847

Ensembl

ENSG00000188783

ENSMUSG00000041577

UniProt

P51888

Q9JK53

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_201348
NM_002725

NM_054077

RefSeq (protein)

NP_002716.1
NP_958505.1

NP_473418.3

Location (UCSC) Chr 1: 203.48 – 203.49 Mb Chr 1: 133.91 – 133.92 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
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Prolargin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PRELP gene.[3]

The protein encoded by this gene is a leucine-rich repeat protein present in connective tissue extracellular matrix. This protein functions as a molecule anchoring basement membranes to the underlying connective tissue. This protein has been shown to bind type I collagen to basement membranes and type II collagen to cartilage. It also binds the basement membrane heparan sulfate proteoglycan perlecan. This protein is suggested to be involved in the pathogenesis of Hutchinson–Gilford progeria (HGP), which is reported to lack the binding of collagen in basement membranes and cartilage. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding the same protein have been observed.[3]

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