<p>Provides any useful information about the protein, mostly biological knowledge.</p><p><a href='../manual/function_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Functionⁱ

<p>The <a href="http://www.geneontology.org/">Gene Ontology (GO)</a> project provides a set of hierarchical controlled vocabulary split into 3 categories:</p><p><a href='../manual/gene_ontology' target='_top'>More...</a></p>GO - Molecular functionⁱ

1. extracellular matrix binding Source: Ensembl
2. glycosaminoglycan binding Source: Ensembl
3. poly(A) RNA binding Source: UniProtKB

   <p>Inferred from Direct Assay</p> <p>Used to indicate a direct assay for the function, process or component indicated by the GO term.</p> <p>More information in the <a href="http://geneontology.org/page/guide-go-evidence-codes#ida">GO evidence code guide</a></p> Inferred from direct assayⁱ

   • 22658674

<p>The <a href="http://www.geneontology.org/">Gene Ontology (GO)</a> project provides a set of hierarchical controlled vocabulary split into 3 categories:</p><p><a href='../manual/gene_ontology' target='_top'>More...</a></p>GO - Biological processⁱ

1. aging Source: Ensembl
2. carbohydrate metabolic process Source: Reactome
3. chondroitin sulfate biosynthetic process Source: Reactome
4. chondroitin sulfate catabolic process Source: Reactome
5. chondroitin sulfate metabolic process Source: Reactome
6. dermatan sulfate biosynthetic process Source: Reactome
7. extracellular matrix disassembly Source: Reactome
8. extracellular matrix organization Source: Reactome
9. glycosaminoglycan metabolic process Source: Reactome
10. kidney development Source: Ensembl
11. organ morphogenesis Source: ProtInc

    <p>Traceable Author Statement</p> <p>Used for information from review articles where the original experiments are traceable through that article and also for information from text books or dictionaries.</p> <p>More information in the <a href="http://geneontology.org/page/guide-go-evidence-codes#tas">GO evidence code guide</a></p> Traceable author statementⁱ

    • 7961765

12. peptide cross-linking via chondroitin 4-sulfate glycosaminoglycan Source: Ensembl
13. placenta development Source: Ensembl
14. response to lipopolysaccharide Source: Ensembl
15. response to mechanical stimulus Source: Ensembl
16. skeletal muscle tissue development Source: Ensembl
17. small molecule metabolic process Source: Reactome
18. wound healing Source: Ensembl

Enzyme and pathway databases

<p>Provides information about the protein and gene name(s) and synonym(s) and about the organism that is the source of the protein sequence.</p><p><a href='../manual/names_and_taxonomy_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Names & Taxonomyⁱ

Organism-specific databases

<p>Provides information on the location and the topology of the mature protein in the cell.</p><p><a href='../manual/subcellular_location_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Subcellular locationⁱ

<p>The <a href="http://www.geneontology.org/">Gene Ontology (GO)</a> project provides a set of hierarchical controlled vocabulary split into 3 categories:</p><p><a href='../manual/gene_ontology' target='_top'>More...</a></p>GO - Cellular componentⁱ

1. collagen type VI trimer Source: Ensembl
2. extracellular region Source: Reactome
3. extracellular space Source: BHF-UCL

   <p>Inferred from Direct Assay</p> <p>Used to indicate a direct assay for the function, process or component indicated by the GO term.</p> <p>More information in the <a href="http://geneontology.org/page/guide-go-evidence-codes#ida">GO evidence code guide</a></p> Inferred from direct assayⁱ

   • 20551380

4. Golgi lumen Source: Reactome
5. lysosomal lumen Source: Reactome
6. proteinaceous extracellular matrix Source: UniProtKB-SubCell

<p>UniProtKB Keywords constitute a <a target="_top" href="/keywords">controlled vocabulary</a> with a hierarchical structure. Keywords summarise the content of a UniProtKB entry and facilitate the search for proteins of interest.<p><a href='../help/keywords' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Keywords - Cellular componentⁱ

<p>Provides information on the disease(s) and phenotype(s) associated with the deficiency of a protein.</p><p><a href='../manual/pathology_and_biotech_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Pathology & Biotechⁱ

<p>UniProtKB Keywords constitute a <a target="_top" href="/keywords">controlled vocabulary</a> with a hierarchical structure. Keywords summarise the content of a UniProtKB entry and facilitate the search for proteins of interest.<p><a href='../help/keywords' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Keywords - Diseaseⁱ

Organism-specific databases

<p>Describes post-translational modifications (PTMs) and/or processing events.</p><p><a href='../manual/ptm_processing_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>PTM / Processingⁱ

Molecule processing

Feature key	Position(s)	Length	Description	Graphical view	Feature identifier	Actions
<p>Denotes the presence of an N-terminal signal peptide.</p><p><a href='../manual/signal' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Signal peptidei	1 – 16	16	Sequence Analysis			Add BLAST
<p>Describes a propeptide, which is a part of a protein that is cleaved during maturation or activation. Once cleaved, a propeptide generally has no independent biological function.</p><p><a href='../manual/propep' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Propeptidei	17 – 30	14	2 Publications <p>Manually curated information for which there is published experimental evidence.</p> <p><a href="/manual/evidences#ECO:0000269">More…</a></p> Manual assertion based on experiment ini Ref.8 "Dermatan sulphate proteoglycans of human articular cartilage. The properties of dermatan sulphate proteoglycans I and II." Roughley P.J., White R.J. Biochem. J. 262:823-827(1989) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: PROTEIN SEQUENCE OF 31-50. Ref.9 "Purification and partial characterization of small proteoglycans I and II, bone sialoproteins I and II, and osteonectin from the mineral compartment of developing human bone." Fisher L.W., Hawkins G.R., Tuross N., Termine J.D. J. Biol. Chem. 262:9702-9708(1987) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: PROTEIN SEQUENCE OF 31-49.		PRO_0000032709	Add BLAST
<p>Describes the extent of a polypeptide chain in the mature protein following processing.</p><p><a href='../manual/chain' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Chaini	31 – 359	329	Decorin		PRO_0000032710	Add BLAST

Amino acid modifications

Feature key	Position(s)	Length	Description	Graphical view	Feature identifier	Actions
<p>Specifies the position and type of each covalently attached glycan group (mono-, di- , or polysaccharide).</p><p><a href='../manual/carbohyd' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Glycosylationi	34 – 34	1	O-linked (Xyl...) (glycosaminoglycan)1 Publication <p>Manually curated information for which there is published experimental evidence.</p> <p><a href="/manual/evidences#ECO:0000269">More…</a></p> Manual assertion based on experiment ini Ref.1 "Primary structure of an extracellular matrix proteoglycan core protein deduced from cloned cDNA." Krusius T., Ruoslahti E. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 83:7683-7687(1986) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA].
<p>Describes the positions of cysteine residues participating in disulfide bonds.</p><p><a href='../manual/disulfid' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Disulfide bondi	54 ↔ 60		By similarity
<p>Describes the positions of cysteine residues participating in disulfide bonds.</p><p><a href='../manual/disulfid' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Disulfide bondi	58 ↔ 67		By similarity
<p>Specifies the position and type of each covalently attached glycan group (mono-, di- , or polysaccharide).</p><p><a href='../manual/carbohyd' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Glycosylationi	211 – 211	1	N-linked (GlcNAc...)1 Publication <p>Manually curated information for which there is published experimental evidence.</p> <p><a href="/manual/evidences#ECO:0000269">More…</a></p> Manual assertion based on experiment ini Ref.11 "Glycoproteomics analysis of human liver tissue by combination of multiple enzyme digestion and hydrazide chemistry." Chen R., Jiang X., Sun D., Han G., Wang F., Ye M., Wang L., Zou H. J. Proteome Res. 8:651-661(2009) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: GLYCOSYLATION [LARGE SCALE ANALYSIS] AT ASN-211 AND ASN-262.
<p>Specifies the position and type of each covalently attached glycan group (mono-, di- , or polysaccharide).</p><p><a href='../manual/carbohyd' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Glycosylationi	262 – 262	1	N-linked (GlcNAc...)1 Publication <p>Manually curated information for which there is published experimental evidence.</p> <p><a href="/manual/evidences#ECO:0000269">More…</a></p> Manual assertion based on experiment ini Ref.11 "Glycoproteomics analysis of human liver tissue by combination of multiple enzyme digestion and hydrazide chemistry." Chen R., Jiang X., Sun D., Han G., Wang F., Ye M., Wang L., Zou H. J. Proteome Res. 8:651-661(2009) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: GLYCOSYLATION [LARGE SCALE ANALYSIS] AT ASN-211 AND ASN-262.
<p>Specifies the position and type of each covalently attached glycan group (mono-, di- , or polysaccharide).</p><p><a href='../manual/carbohyd' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Glycosylationi	303 – 303	1	N-linked (GlcNAc...)Sequence Analysis
<p>Describes the positions of cysteine residues participating in disulfide bonds.</p><p><a href='../manual/disulfid' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Disulfide bondi	313 ↔ 346		By similarity

<p>Describes post-translational modifications (PTMs). This subsection complements the information provided at the sequence level or describes modifications for which position-specific data is not yet available.</p><p><a href='../manual/post-translational_modification' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Post-translational modificationⁱ

<p>UniProtKB Keywords constitute a <a target="_top" href="/keywords">controlled vocabulary</a> with a hierarchical structure. Keywords summarise the content of a UniProtKB entry and facilitate the search for proteins of interest.<p><a href='../help/keywords' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Keywords - PTMⁱ

Proteomic databases

PTM databases

Miscellaneous databases

<p>Provides information on the expression of a gene at the mRNA or protein level in cells or in tissues of multicellular organisms.</p><p><a href='../manual/expression_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Expressionⁱ

Gene expression databases

Organism-specific databases

<p>Provides information on the quaternary structure of a protein and on interaction(s) with other proteins or protein complexes.</p><p><a href='../manual/interaction_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Interactionⁱ

<p>Provides information about the protein quaternary structure and interaction(s) with other proteins or protein complexes (with the exception of physiological receptor-ligand interactions which are annotated in the ‘Function’ section).</p><p><a href='../manual/subunit_structure' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Subunit structureⁱ

Protein-protein interaction databases

<p>Provides information on the tertiary structure of a protein.</p><p><a href='../manual/structure_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Structureⁱ

3D structure databases

<p>Provides information on sequence similarities with other proteins and the domain(s) present in a protein.</p><p><a href='../manual/family_and_domains_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Family & Domainsⁱ

Domains and Repeats

Feature key	Position(s)	Length	Description	Graphical view	Feature identifier	Actions
<p>Indicates the positions and types of repeated sequence motifs or repeated domains within the protein.</p><p><a href='../manual/repeat' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Repeati	73 – 93	21	LRR 1			Add BLAST
<p>Indicates the positions and types of repeated sequence motifs or repeated domains within the protein.</p><p><a href='../manual/repeat' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Repeati	94 – 117	24	LRR 2			Add BLAST
<p>Indicates the positions and types of repeated sequence motifs or repeated domains within the protein.</p><p><a href='../manual/repeat' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Repeati	118 – 141	24	LRR 3			Add BLAST
<p>Indicates the positions and types of repeated sequence motifs or repeated domains within the protein.</p><p><a href='../manual/repeat' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Repeati	142 – 162	21	LRR 4			Add BLAST
<p>Indicates the positions and types of repeated sequence motifs or repeated domains within the protein.</p><p><a href='../manual/repeat' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Repeati	163 – 186	24	LRR 5			Add BLAST
<p>Indicates the positions and types of repeated sequence motifs or repeated domains within the protein.</p><p><a href='../manual/repeat' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Repeati	187 – 212	26	LRR 6			Add BLAST
<p>Indicates the positions and types of repeated sequence motifs or repeated domains within the protein.</p><p><a href='../manual/repeat' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Repeati	213 – 233	21	LRR 7			Add BLAST
<p>Indicates the positions and types of repeated sequence motifs or repeated domains within the protein.</p><p><a href='../manual/repeat' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Repeati	234 – 257	24	LRR 8			Add BLAST
<p>Indicates the positions and types of repeated sequence motifs or repeated domains within the protein.</p><p><a href='../manual/repeat' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Repeati	258 – 281	24	LRR 9			Add BLAST
<p>Indicates the positions and types of repeated sequence motifs or repeated domains within the protein.</p><p><a href='../manual/repeat' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Repeati	282 – 304	23	LRR 10			Add BLAST
<p>Indicates the positions and types of repeated sequence motifs or repeated domains within the protein.</p><p><a href='../manual/repeat' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Repeati	305 – 334	30	LRR 11			Add BLAST
<p>Indicates the positions and types of repeated sequence motifs or repeated domains within the protein.</p><p><a href='../manual/repeat' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Repeati	335 – 359	25	LRR 12			Add BLAST

Compositional bias

Feature key	Position(s)	Length	Description	Graphical view	Feature identifier	Actions
<p>Describes the position of regions of compositional bias within the protein and the particular amino acids that are over-represented within those regions.</p><p><a href='../manual/compbias' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Compositional biasi	54 – 67	14	Cys-rich			Add BLAST

<p>Provides information about the sequence similarity with other proteins.</p><p><a href='../manual/sequence_similarities' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequence similaritiesⁱ

<p>UniProtKB Keywords constitute a <a target="_top" href="/keywords">controlled vocabulary</a> with a hierarchical structure. Keywords summarise the content of a UniProtKB entry and facilitate the search for proteins of interest.<p><a href='../help/keywords' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Keywords - Domainⁱ

Phylogenomic databases

Family and domain databases

<p>Displays by default the canonical protein sequence and upon request all isoforms described in the entry. It also includes information pertinent to the sequence(s), including length and molecular weight.</p><p><a href='../manual/sequences_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequences (5)ⁱ

<p>Indicates if the canonical sequence displayed by default in the entry is complete or not.</p><p><a href='../manual/sequence_status' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequence statusⁱ: Complete.

<p>Indicates if the canonical sequence displayed by default in the entry is in its mature form or if it represents the precursor.</p><p><a href='../manual/sequence_processing' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequence processingⁱ: The displayed sequence is further processed into a mature form.

This entry describes 5<p>Lists the alternative protein sequences (isoforms) that can be generated from the same gene by a single or by the combination of up to four biological events (alternative promoter usage, alternative splicing, alternative initiation and ribosomal frameshifting). Additionally, this section gives relevant information on each alternative protein isoform.</p><p><a href='../manual/alternative_products' target='_top'>More...</a></p> isoformsⁱ produced by alternative splicing. Align

        10         20         30         40         50
MKATIILLLL AQVSWAGPFQ QRGLFDFMLE DEASGIGPEV PDDRDFEPSL 
        60         70         80         90        100
GPVCPFRCQC HLRVVQCSDL GLDKVPKDLP PDTTLLDLQN NKITEIKDGD 
       110        120        130        140        150
FKNLKNLHAL ILVNNKISKV SPGAFTPLVK LERLYLSKNQ LKELPEKMPK 
       160        170        180        190        200
TLQELRAHEN EITKVRKVTF NGLNQMIVIE LGTNPLKSSG IENGAFQGMK 
       210        220        230        240        250
KLSYIRIADT NITSIPQGLP PSLTELHLDG NKISRVDAAS LKGLNNLAKL 
       260        270        280        290        300
GLSFNSISAV DNGSLANTPH LRELHLDNNK LTRVPGGLAE HKYIQVVYLH 
       310        320        330        340        350
NNNISVVGSS DFCPPGHNTK KASYSGVSLF SNPVQYWEIQ PSTFRCVYVR 

SAIQLGNYK                                             

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MKATIILLLL AQVSWAGPFQ QRGLFDFMLE DEASGIGPEV PDDRDFEPSL 
        60         70         80         90        100
GPVCPFRCQC HLRVVQCSDL ELGTNPLKSS GIENGAFQGM KKLSYIRIAD 
       110        120        130        140        150
TNITSIPQGL PPSLTELHLD GNKISRVDAA SLKGLNNLAK LGLSFNSISA 
       160        170        180        190        200
VDNGSLANTP HLRELHLDNN KLTRVPGGLA EHKYIQVVYL HNNNISVVGS 
       210        220        230        240        250
SDFCPPGHNT KKASYSGVSL FSNPVQYWEI QPSTFRCVYV RSAIQLGNYK 

        10         20         30         40         50
MKATIILLLL AQVSWAGPFQ QRGLFDFMLE DEASGIGPEV PDDRDFEPSL 
        60         70         80         90        100
GPVCPFRCQC HLRVVQCSDL GLPPSLTELH LDGNKISRVD AASLKGLNNL 
       110        120        130        140        150
AKLGLSFNSI SAVDNGSLAN TPHLRELHLD NNKLTRVPGG LAEHKYIQVV 
       160        170        180        190        200
YLHNNNISVV GSSDFCPPGH NTKKASYSGV SLFSNPVQYW EIQPSTFRCV 
       210 
YVRSAIQLGN YK                                  

        10         20         30         40         50
MKATIILLLL AQVSWAGPFQ QRGLFDFMLE DEASGIGPEV PDDRDFEPSL 
        60         70         80         90        100
GPVCPFRCQC HLRVVQCSDL GLDKVPKDLP PDTTLLDLQN NKITEIKDGD 
       110        120        130        140        150
FKNLKNLHVV YLHNNNISVV GSSDFCPPGH NTKKASYSGV SLFSNPVQYW 
       160        170 
EIQPSTFRCV YVRSAIQLGN YK                       

        10         20         30         40         50
MKATIILLLL AQVSWAGPFQ QRGLFDFMLE DEASGIGPEV PDDRDFEPSL 
        60         70 
GPVCPFRCQC HLRVVQCSDL GCLPS                       

Experimental Info

Feature key	Position(s)	Length	Description	Graphical view	Feature identifier	Actions
<p>Reports difference(s) between the canonical sequence (displayed by default in the entry) and the different sequence submissions merged in the entry. These various submissions may originate from different sequencing projects, different types of experiments, or different biological samples. Sequence conflicts are usually of unknown origin.</p><p><a href='../manual/conflict' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequence conflicti	37 – 37	1	G → A AA sequence (PubMed:3597437)Curated
<p>Reports difference(s) between the canonical sequence (displayed by default in the entry) and the different sequence submissions merged in the entry. These various submissions may originate from different sequencing projects, different types of experiments, or different biological samples. Sequence conflicts are usually of unknown origin.</p><p><a href='../manual/conflict' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequence conflicti	45 – 45	1	D → P AA sequence (PubMed:3597437)Curated

Natural variant

Feature key	Position(s)	Length	Description	Graphical view	Feature identifier	Actions
<p>Describes natural variant(s) of the protein sequence.</p><p><a href='../manual/variant' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Natural varianti	268 – 268	1	T → M.1 Publication <p>Manually curated information for which there is published experimental evidence.</p> <p><a href="/manual/evidences#ECO:0000269">More…</a></p> Manual assertion based on experiment ini Ref.6 SeattleSNPs variation discovery resource Submitted (MAR-2002) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA], VARIANT MET-268. Corresponds to variant rs3138268 [ dbSNP | Ensembl ].		VAR_014351
<p>Describes natural variant(s) of the protein sequence.</p><p><a href='../manual/variant' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Natural varianti	273 – 273	1	E → Q. Corresponds to variant rs1803344 [ dbSNP | Ensembl ].		VAR_011975

Alternative sequence

Feature key	Position(s)	Length	Description	Graphical view	Feature identifier	Actions
<p>Describes the sequence of naturally occurring alternative protein isoform(s). The changes in the amino acid sequence may be due to alternative splicing, alternative promoter usage, alternative initiation, or ribosomal frameshifting. The information stored in this subsection is used to automatically construct alternative protein sequence(s) for display.</p><p><a href='../manual/var_seq' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Alternative sequencei	71 – 179	109	Missing in isoform B. 1 Publication <p>Manually curated information that is based on statements in scientific articles for which there is no experimental support.</p> <p><a href="/manual/evidences#ECO:0000303">More…</a></p> Manual assertion based on opinion ini Ref.4 "Alternative splicing of human decorin." Cs-Szabo G., Glant T.T. Submitted (MAR-1999) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA] (ISOFORMS A; B; C; D AND E).		VSP_006172	Add BLAST
<p>Describes the sequence of naturally occurring alternative protein isoform(s). The changes in the amino acid sequence may be due to alternative splicing, alternative promoter usage, alternative initiation, or ribosomal frameshifting. The information stored in this subsection is used to automatically construct alternative protein sequence(s) for display.</p><p><a href='../manual/var_seq' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Alternative sequencei	72 – 75	4	LDKV → CLPS in isoform E. 1 Publication <p>Manually curated information that is based on statements in scientific articles for which there is no experimental support.</p> <p><a href="/manual/evidences#ECO:0000303">More…</a></p> Manual assertion based on opinion ini Ref.4 "Alternative splicing of human decorin." Cs-Szabo G., Glant T.T. Submitted (MAR-1999) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA] (ISOFORMS A; B; C; D AND E).		VSP_006175
<p>Describes the sequence of naturally occurring alternative protein isoform(s). The changes in the amino acid sequence may be due to alternative splicing, alternative promoter usage, alternative initiation, or ribosomal frameshifting. The information stored in this subsection is used to automatically construct alternative protein sequence(s) for display.</p><p><a href='../manual/var_seq' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Alternative sequencei	73 – 219	147	Missing in isoform C. 1 Publication <p>Manually curated information that is based on statements in scientific articles for which there is no experimental support.</p> <p><a href="/manual/evidences#ECO:0000303">More…</a></p> Manual assertion based on opinion ini Ref.4 "Alternative splicing of human decorin." Cs-Szabo G., Glant T.T. Submitted (MAR-1999) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA] (ISOFORMS A; B; C; D AND E).		VSP_006173	Add BLAST
<p>Describes the sequence of naturally occurring alternative protein isoform(s). The changes in the amino acid sequence may be due to alternative splicing, alternative promoter usage, alternative initiation, or ribosomal frameshifting. The information stored in this subsection is used to automatically construct alternative protein sequence(s) for display.</p><p><a href='../manual/var_seq' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Alternative sequencei	76 – 359	284	Missing in isoform E. 1 Publication <p>Manually curated information that is based on statements in scientific articles for which there is no experimental support.</p> <p><a href="/manual/evidences#ECO:0000303">More…</a></p> Manual assertion based on opinion ini Ref.4 "Alternative splicing of human decorin." Cs-Szabo G., Glant T.T. Submitted (MAR-1999) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA] (ISOFORMS A; B; C; D AND E).		VSP_006176	Add BLAST
<p>Describes the sequence of naturally occurring alternative protein isoform(s). The changes in the amino acid sequence may be due to alternative splicing, alternative promoter usage, alternative initiation, or ribosomal frameshifting. The information stored in this subsection is used to automatically construct alternative protein sequence(s) for display.</p><p><a href='../manual/var_seq' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Alternative sequencei	109 – 295	187	Missing in isoform D. 1 Publication <p>Manually curated information that is based on statements in scientific articles for which there is no experimental support.</p> <p><a href="/manual/evidences#ECO:0000303">More…</a></p> Manual assertion based on opinion ini Ref.4 "Alternative splicing of human decorin." Cs-Szabo G., Glant T.T. Submitted (MAR-1999) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA] (ISOFORMS A; B; C; D AND E).		VSP_006174	Add BLAST

Sequence databases

Genome annotation databases

Polymorphism databases

<p>UniProtKB Keywords constitute a <a target="_top" href="/keywords">controlled vocabulary</a> with a hierarchical structure. Keywords summarise the content of a UniProtKB entry and facilitate the search for proteins of interest.<p><a href='../help/keywords' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Keywords - Coding sequence diversityⁱ

<p>Is used to point to information related to entries and found in data collections other than UniProtKB.</p><p><a href='../manual/cross_references_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Cross-referencesⁱ

<p>Provides links to various web resources that are relevant for a specific protein.</p><p><a href='../manual/web_resource' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Web resourcesⁱ

Sequence databases

3D structure databases

Protein-protein interaction databases

PTM databases

Polymorphism databases

Proteomic databases

Protocols and materials databases

Genome annotation databases

Organism-specific databases

Phylogenomic databases

Enzyme and pathway databases

Miscellaneous databases

Gene expression databases

Family and domain databases

<p>Contains the literature citations that are the sources of data used to annotate the entry. Each reference is numbered and contains several subsections allowing a precise description of a given citation.</p><p><a href='../manual/publications_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Publicationsⁱ

1. "Primary structure of an extracellular matrix proteoglycan core protein deduced from cloned cDNA."
   Krusius T., Ruoslahti E.
   Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 83:7683-7687(1986) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
   Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA].
2. "Human decorin gene: intron-exon junctions and chromosomal localization."
   Vetter U., Vogel W., Just W., Young M.F., Fisher L.W.
   Genomics 15:161-168(1993) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
   Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA].
   Tissue: Lung.
   
3. "The human decorin gene: intron-exon organization, discovery of two alternatively spliced exons in the 5' untranslated region, and mapping of the gene to chromosome 12q23."
   Danielson K.G., Fazzio A., Cohen I.R., Cannizzaro L., Iozzo R.V.
   Genomics 15:146-160(1993) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
   Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA] OF 1-70.
4. "Alternative splicing of human decorin."
   Cs-Szabo G., Glant T.T.
   Submitted (MAR-1999) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases
   Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA] (ISOFORMS A; B; C; D AND E).
5. "Cloning of human full-length CDSs in BD Creator(TM) system donor vector."
   Kalnine N., Chen X., Rolfs A., Halleck A., Hines L., Eisenstein S., Koundinya M., Raphael J., Moreira D., Kelley T., LaBaer J., Lin Y., Phelan M., Farmer A.
   Submitted (MAY-2003) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases
   Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA] (ISOFORM A).
6. SeattleSNPs variation discovery resource
   Submitted (MAR-2002) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases
   Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA], VARIANT MET-268.
7. "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)."
   The MGC Project Team
   Genome Res. 14:2121-2127(2004) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
   Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA].
   Tissue: Liver.
   
8. "Dermatan sulphate proteoglycans of human articular cartilage. The properties of dermatan sulphate proteoglycans I and II."
   Roughley P.J., White R.J.
   Biochem. J. 262:823-827(1989) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
   Cited for: PROTEIN SEQUENCE OF 31-50.
9. "Purification and partial characterization of small proteoglycans I and II, bone sialoproteins I and II, and osteonectin from the mineral compartment of developing human bone."
   Fisher L.W., Hawkins G.R., Tuross N., Termine J.D.
   J. Biol. Chem. 262:9702-9708(1987) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
   Cited for: PROTEIN SEQUENCE OF 31-49.
10. "Congenital stromal dystrophy of the cornea caused by a mutation in the decorin gene."
    Bredrup C., Knappskog P.M., Majewski J., Rodahl E., Boman H.
    Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 46:420-426(2005) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
    Cited for: INVOLVEMENT IN CONGENITAL STROMAL CORNEAL DYSTROPHY.
11. "Glycoproteomics analysis of human liver tissue by combination of multiple enzyme digestion and hydrazide chemistry."
    Chen R., Jiang X., Sun D., Han G., Wang F., Ye M., Wang L., Zou H.
    J. Proteome Res. 8:651-661(2009) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
    Cited for: GLYCOSYLATION [LARGE SCALE ANALYSIS] AT ASN-211 AND ASN-262.
    Tissue: Liver.
    

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1. Human chromosome 12
   Human chromosome 12: entries, gene names and cross-references to MIM
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   Index of human polymorphisms and disease mutations
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