cartilage acidic protein 1 (chondrocyte expressed protein 68 kD, CEP-68, ASPIC, CRTAC1, ASPIC1, CEP68)

Structure

• contains 1 EGF-like domain
• contains 4 FG-GAP repeats

Compartment

secreted

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=3

Expression

• expressed in cartilage, bone, cultured chondrocytes, lung > heart
• not detected in osteoblasts
• up-regulated in mesenchymal stem cells undergoing chondrogenic differentiation

More general terms

• secreted protein

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/606276
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9NQ79.html