BCAN
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Brevican core protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the BCAN gene. Brevican is a member of the lectican protein family.
Gene data
BCAN- Name
- brevican
- Type
- protein-coding
- Aliases
- BEHAB, CSPG7
This gene encodes a member of the lectican family of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans that is specifically expressed in the central nervous system. This protein is developmentally regulated and may function in the formation of the brain extracellular matrix. This protein is highly expressed in gliomas and may promote the growth and cell motility of brain tumor cells. Alternate splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2011].
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Gene · Ensembl
brevican
- Symbol
- BCAN
- Biotype
- Protein coding
- Organism
- Homo sapiens
- Location
- 1:156,641,390-156,659,532
- Strand
- Forward (+)
- Assembly
- GRCh38
via Ensembl · EMBL-EBI
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Encyclopedic overview
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- References
- Further reading
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Brevican core protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the BCAN gene. Brevican is a member of the lectican protein family.
Brevican is localised to the surface of neurons in the brain. In melanocytic cells, BCAN gene expression may be regulated by MITF.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “BCAN” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.