fibromodulin; FM; collagen-binding 59 kD protein; keratan sulfate proteoglycan fibromodulin; KSPG fibromodulin (FMOD, FM, SLRR2E)

Function

• affects the rate of fibrils formation
• may have a primary role in collagen fibrillogenesis (putative)
• binds keratan sulfate chains
• binds to type 1 collagen & type 2 collagen (putative)

Structure

• belongs to the small leucine-rich proteoglycan (SLRP) family, class II subfamily contains 12 LRR repeats (leucine-rich repeats)

Compartment

• secreted, extracellular space, extracellular matrix

More general terms

• proteoglycan core protein
• matrix protein

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q06828.html
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=2331
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/600245