Brevican

BCAN
Identifiers
Aliases	BCAN, BEHAB, CSPG7, Brevican
External IDs	MGI: 1096385 HomoloGene: 7244 GeneCards: BCAN
Gene ontology Molecular function • hyaluronic acid binding • carbohydrate binding • extracellular matrix structural constituent Cellular component • membrane • proteinaceous extracellular matrix • extracellular region • lysosomal lumen • Golgi lumen • anchored component of membrane Biological process • glycosaminoglycan metabolic process • skeletal system development • chondroitin sulfate biosynthetic process • extracellular matrix disassembly • extracellular matrix organization • central nervous system development • chondroitin sulfate catabolic process • dermatan sulfate biosynthetic process • hippocampus development • cell adhesion Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	63827	12032
Ensembl	ENSG00000132692	ENSMUSG00000004892
UniProt	Q96GW7	Q61361
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_021948 NM_198427	NM_001109758 NM_007529
RefSeq (protein)	NP_068767 NP_940819	NP_001103228.1 NP_031555.2 NP_001103228 NP_031555
Location (UCSC)	Chr 1: 156.64 – 156.66 Mb	Chr 3: 87.99 – 88 Mb
PubMed search

63827

12032

ENSG00000132692

ENSMUSG00000004892

Q96GW7

Q61361

NM_021948
NM_198427

NM_001109758
NM_007529

NP_068767
NP_940819

NP_001103228.1
NP_031555.2
NP_001103228
NP_031555

Brevican core protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the BCAN gene. Brevican is a member of the lectican protein family.

Brevican is localised to the surface of neurons in the brain. In melanocytic cells, BCAN gene expression may be regulated by MITF.

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