opticin (oculoglycan, OPTC, OPT)

Function

• binds collagen fibrils

Structure

• O-glycosylated
• belongs to the small leucine-rich proteoglycan (SLRP)family, class III subfamily
• contains 7 LRR repeats (leucine-rich repeats)

Compartment

extracellular matrix

Expression

retina, iris, ligament, skin & fetal liver

More general terms

• matrix protein
• glycoprotein

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/605127
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9UBM4.html