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Glypican 2

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Aliases
  
GPC2, Glypican 2

Human
  
Mouse

Ensembl
  
ENSG00000213420

Species
  
Human

Entrez
  
221914

External IDs
  
MGI: 1919201 HomoloGene: 17657 GeneCards: GPC2

Glypican 2 (GPC2), also known cerebroglycan, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the GPC2 gene.

Function

Cerebroglycan is a glycophosphatidylinositol-linked integral membrane heparan sulfate proteoglycan found in the developing nervous system. Cerebroglycan participates in cell adhesion and is thought to regulate the growth and guidance of axons. Cerebroglycan has especially high affinity for laminin-1.

References

Glypican 2 Wikipedia