| Gene Information | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name | PLAP1 |
| Organism | Homo sapiens (Human) |
| Gene Length | 380 |
| Protein Names | Asporin (Periodontal ligament-associated protein 1) (PLAP-1) |
| Target Name | NA |
| Target Type | NA |
| Gene Age | NA |
| Evolutionary Stage | NA |
| AlphaFoldDB | Q9BXN1 |
| Gene Card | ASPN |
| Uniprot ID | Q9BXN1 |
| Pfam | PF13855; PF01462 |
| In ASD | no |
| Allosteric Prediction | NA |
| Ortholog in Animals | NA |
| Ohnologs | NA |
| Paralogs | NA |
| Tissue | NA |
| Tissue Specificity | Higher levels in osteoarthritic articular cartilage, aorta, uterus. Moderate expression in small intestine, heart, liver, bladder, ovary, stomach, and in the adrenal, thyroid, and mammary glands. Low expression in trachea, bone marrow, and lung. Colocalizes with TGFB1 in chondrocytes within osteoarthritic (OA) lesions of articular cartilage. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17827158}. |
| Pharmacological Animal Models | NA |
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| PDB | NA |
| DBSNP | NA |
| Subcellular location [CC] | Secreted, extracellular space, extracellular matrix {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17827158}. |
| Mouse PG classification | NA |
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