dermatan sulfate proteoglycan 3; epiphycan; small chondroitin/dermatan sulfate proteoglycan; proteoglycan-Lb; PG-Lb (DSPG3, PGLB, EPYC)

Function

• bone formation (putative)
• structure of cartilage via matrix organization (putative)
• O-linked polysaccharides on Thr-60 & Ser-96 probably mucin type linked to GalNAc
• one glycosaminoglycan chain, known to be dermatan sulfate, probably the O-glycosylation at Ser-64

Compartment

secreted, extracellular matrix

Expression

expressed in cartilage, ligaments, placenta

More general terms

• proteoglycan core protein

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/601657
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q99645.html