Species Human Entrez 6695 | Human Mouse Ensembl ENSG00000152377 | |
Aliases SPOCK1, SPOCK, TESTICAN, TIC1, sparc/osteonectin, cwcv and kazal-like domains proteoglycan (testican) 1 External IDs MGI: 105371 HomoloGene: 80193 GeneCards: SPOCK1 | ||
Testican-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SPOCK1 gene.
This gene encodes the protein core of a seminal plasma proteoglycan containing chondroitin- and heparan-sulfate chains. The protein's function is under research, though it is from the same family of glycoproteins as SPARC. It is thought its similarity to thyropin-type cysteine protease inhibitors suggests its function may be related to protease inhibition.
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