glypican-4; K-glypican (GPC4)

Function

• cell surface proteoglycan that bears heparan sulfate
• may be involved in the development of kidney tubules & of the central nervous system

Structure

belongs to the glypican family

Compartment

• cell membrane; lipid-anchor
• GPI-anchor extracellular side (putative)
• secreted, extracellular space (putative)

More general terms

• glypican

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/O75487.html
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=2239
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:2239
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/300168