chitinase 3-like protein 2 (YKL-39, chondrocyte protein 39, CHI3L2)

Function

• binds glycan structure with high affinity
• does not bind heparin
• no chitotriosidase activity

Expression

• expressed in chondrocytes > synoviocytes, lung, heart
• may be expressed in developing brain, placenta
• not expressed in spleen, pancreas, liver

More general terms

• other protein

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/601526
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q15782.html