IMPG1
Gene Information
- Official Symbol: IMPG1
- Official Name: interphotoreceptor matrix proteoglycan 1
- Aliases and Previous Symbols: N/A
- Entrez ID: 3617
- UniProt: Q17R60
- Interactions: BioGRID
- PubMed articles: Open PubMed
- OMIM: Open OMIM
Function Summary
- 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}.
CRISPR Data
Essentiality in NALM6
- Essentiality Rank: 17902
- Expression level (log2 read counts): -7.68