Entrez Summary: This gene encodes a protein that is a major component of the retinal interphotoreceptor matrix. The encoded protein is a proteoglycan that is thought to play a role in maintaining viability of photoreceptor cells and in adhesion of the neural retina to the retinal pigment epithelium. Alternate splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2013].
UniProt Summary: May interact with hyaluronan which may serve to form a basic macromolecular scaffold comprising the insoluble interphotoreceptor matrix. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:9813076}.
Pfam DomainsGO Terms
Pfam Domains
SEA
GO Terms
extracellular matrix structural constituent
visual perception
sensory perception of light stimulus
extracellular matrix
sensory perception
nervous system process
system process
CRISPR Data
Compound HitMost Correlated Genes in ChemogenomicsTissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)