Perlecan
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perlecan-215-116923
title:
Perlecan
text:
Perlecan (PLC) also known as basement membrane-specific heparan sulfate proteoglycan core protein (HSPG) or heparan sulfate proteoglycan 2 (HSPG2), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HSPG2 gene. The HSPG2 gene codes for a 4,391 amino acid protein with a molecular weight of 468,829. It is one of the largest known proteins. The name perlecan comes from its appearance as a "string of pearls" in rotary shadowed images. Perlecan was originally isolated from a tumor cell line and shown to b
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encyclopedia
description:
Mammalian protein found in Homo sapiens
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perlecan
date created:
2006-03-09T07:48:36Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T18:25:35Z
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{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Protein_HSPG2_PDB_1gl4.png","width":925,"height":744}
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13
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