KERA
Sign in to saveAlso known as CNA2, KTN, SLRR2B, keratocan
Keratocan (KTN) also known as keratan sulfate proteoglycan keratocan, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KERA gene.
Gene data
KERA- Name
- keratocan
- Type
- protein-coding
- Position
- 91,050,491–91,058,024 (−)
- Aliases
- CNA2, KTN, SLRR2B
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000139330
- RefSeq RNA
- NM_007035.4
- RefSeq protein
- NP_008966.1
The protein encoded by this gene is a keratan sulfate proteoglycan that is involved in corneal transparency. Defects in this gene are a cause of autosomal recessive cornea plana 2 (CNA2).[provided by RefSeq, May 2010].
Gene Ontology
Pathways
via MyGene.info
Gene · Ensembl
keratocan
- Symbol
- KERA
- Biotype
- Protein coding
- Organism
- Homo sapiens
- Location
- 12:91,050,491-91,058,024
- Strand
- Reverse (−)
- Assembly
- GRCh38
via Ensembl · EMBL-EBI
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- References
- Further reading
Keratocan (KTN) also known as keratan sulfate proteoglycan keratocan, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KERA gene.
Keratan sulfate proteoglycans (KSPGs) are members of the small leucine-rich proteoglycan (SLRP) family. KSPGs, particularly keratocan, lumican and mimecan, are important to the transparency of the cornea.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “KERA” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.