LECT1

Leukocyte cell derived chemotaxin 1
Identifiers
Symbols LECT1 ; BRICD3; CHM-I; CHM1; MYETS1
External IDs OMIM: 605147 MGI: 1341171 HomoloGene: 5095 GeneCards: LECT1 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 11061 16840
Ensembl ENSG00000136110 ENSMUSG00000022025
UniProt O75829 Q9Z1F6
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001011705 NM_010701
RefSeq (protein) NP_001011705 NP_034831
Location (UCSC) Chr 13:
52.7 – 52.74 Mb
Chr 14:
79.64 – 79.66 Mb
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Chondromodulin-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LECT1 gene.[1][2][3]

This gene encodes a glycosylated transmembrane protein that is cleaved to form a mature, secreted protein. The N-terminus of the precursor protein shares characteristics with other surfactant proteins and is sometimes called chondrosurfactant protein, although no biological activity has yet been defined for it. The C-terminus of the precursor protein contains a 25 kDa mature protein called leukocyte cell-derived chemotaxin-1 or chondromodulin-1. The mature protein promotes chondrocyte growth and inhibits angiogenesis. This gene is expressed in the avascular zone of prehypertrophic cartilage, and its expression decreases during chondrocyte hypertrophy and vascular invasion. The mature protein likely plays a role in endochondral bone development by permitting cartilaginous anlagen to be vascularized and replaced by bone. It may also be involved in the broad control of tissue vascularization during development. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms.[3]

References

  1. Shukunami C, Hiraki Y (Oct 1998). "Expression of cartilage-specific functional matrix chondromodulin-I mRNA in rabbit growth plate chondrocytes and its responsiveness to growth stimuli in vitro". Biochem Biophys Res Commun 249 (3): 885–90. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1998.9233. PMID 9731231.
  2. Hiraki Y, Mitsui K, Endo N, Takahashi K, Hayami T, Inoue H, Shukunami C, Tokunaga K, Kono T, Yamada M, Takahashi HE, Kondo J (May 1999). "Molecular cloning of human chondromodulin-I, a cartilage-derived growth modulating factor, and its expression in Chinese hamster ovary cells". Eur J Biochem 260 (3): 869–78. doi:10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00227.x. PMID 10103018.
  3. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: LECT1 leukocyte cell derived chemotaxin 1".

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