SPARC

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

Regions

<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><a href='/help/gene_ontology' target='_top'>More...</a></p>GO - Molecular functionⁱ

• calcium ion binding Source: CAFA <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%2Dgo%2Devidence%2Dcodes#ida">GO evidence code guide</a></p> Inferred from direct assayⁱ
  • Ref.6

    "Calcium binding domains and calcium-induced conformational transition of SPARC/BM-40/osteonectin, an extracellular glycoprotein expressed in mineralized and nonmineralized tissues."
    Engel J., Taylor W., Paulsson M., Sage H., Hogan B.L.M.
    Biochemistry 26:6958-6965(1987) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]

    Cited for: GLYCOSYLATION, CALCIUM-BINDING, SUBCELLULAR LOCATION.
• collagen binding Source: MGI
• extracellular matrix binding Source: MGIInferred from direct assayⁱ
  • "Transcriptome-based systematic identification of extracellular matrix proteins."
    Manabe R., Tsutsui K., Yamada T., Kimura M., Nakano I., Shimono C., Sanzen N., Furutani Y., Fukuda T., Oguri Y., Shimamoto K., Kiyozumi D., Sato Y., Sado Y., Senoo H., Yamashina S., Fukuda S., Kawai J.

    , Sugiura N., Kimata K., Hayashizaki Y., Sekiguchi K.
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 105:12849-12854(2008) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]

GO - Biological processⁱ

• anatomical structure development Source: GO_Central <p>Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor</p> <p>A type of phylogenetic evidence whereby an aspect of a descendent is inferred through the characterization of an aspect of a ancestral gene.</p> <p>More information in the <a href="http://geneontology.org/page/guide%2Dgo%2Devidence%2Dcodes#iba">GO evidence code guide</a></p> Inferred from biological aspect of ancestorⁱ
  • "Phylogenetic-based propagation of functional annotations within the Gene Ontology consortium."
    Gaudet P., Livstone M.S., Lewis S.E., Thomas P.D.
    Brief. Bioinformatics 12:449-462(2011) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
• bone development Source: MGI <p>Inferred from Mutant Phenotype</p> <p>Describes annotations that are concluded from looking at variations or changes in a gene product such as mutations or abnormal levels and includes techniques such as knockouts, overexpression, anti-sense experiments and use of specific protein inhibitors.</p> <p>More information in the <a href="http://geneontology.org/page/guide%2Dgo%2Devidence%2Dcodes#imp">GO evidence code guide</a></p> Inferred from mutant phenotypeⁱ
  • "Rapid-throughput skeletal phenotyping of 100 knockout mice identifies 9 new genes that determine bone strength."
    Bassett J.H., Gogakos A., White J.K., Evans H., Jacques R.M., van der Spek A.H., Ramirez-Solis R., Ryder E., Sunter D., Boyde A., Campbell M.J., Croucher P.I., Williams G.R.
    PLoS Genet. 8:e1002858-e1002858(2012) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
• cellular response to growth factor stimulus Source: MGIInferred from direct assayⁱ
  • "Comparative analysis of TGF beta s, BMPs, IGF1, msxs, fibronectin, osteonectin and bone sialoprotein gene expression during normal and in vitro-induced odontoblast differentiation."
    Begue-Kirn C., Smith A.J., Loriot M., Kupferle C., Ruch J.V., Lesot H.
    Int. J. Dev. Biol. 38:405-420(1994) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
• heart development Source: Ensembl
• inner ear development Source: Ensembl
• lung development Source: MGI
• negative regulation of angiogenesis Source: MGI
• negative regulation of endothelial cell proliferation Source: MGI
• ossification Source: Ensembl
• pigmentation Source: MGIInferred from mutant phenotypeⁱ
  • "Identification of genes important for cutaneous function revealed by a large scale reverse genetic screen in the mouse."
    DiTommaso T., Jones L.K., Cottle D.L., Gerdin A.K., Vancollie V.E., Watt F.M., Ramirez-Solis R., Bradley A., Steel K.P., Sundberg J.P., White J.K., Smyth I.M.
    PLoS Genet. 10:e1004705-e1004705(2014) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
• positive regulation of endothelial cell migration Source: MGI
• regulation of cell morphogenesis Source: MGI
• regulation of cell population proliferation Source: MGI <p>Inferred from Genetic Interaction</p> <p>Used to describe "traditional" genetic interactions such as suppressors and synthetic lethals as well as other techniques such as functional complementation, rescue experiments, or inferences about a gene drawn from the phenotype of a mutation in a different gene.</p> <p>More information in the <a href="http://geneontology.org/page/guide%2Dgo%2Devidence%2Dcodes#igi">GO evidence code guide</a></p> Inferred from genetic interactionⁱ
  • "Deficiency of SPARC suppresses intestinal tumorigenesis in APCMin/+ mice."
    Sansom O.J., Mansergh F.C., Evans M.J., Wilkins J.A., Clarke A.R.
    Gut 56:1410-1414(2007) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
• regulation of synapse organization Source: MGI
• response to cadmium ion Source: Ensembl
• response to calcium ion Source: Ensembl
• response to cAMP Source: Ensembl
• response to cytokine Source: Ensembl
• response to ethanol Source: Ensembl
• response to glucocorticoid Source: Ensembl
• response to gravity Source: Ensembl
• response to L-ascorbic acid Source: Ensembl
• response to lead ion Source: Ensembl
• response to lipopolysaccharide Source: Ensembl
• response to peptide hormone Source: Ensembl
• wound healing Source: Ensembl

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Enzyme and pathway databases

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Organism-specific databases

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

Keywords - Cellular componentⁱ

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

Molecule processing

Amino acid modifications

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Keywords - PTMⁱ

Proteomic databases

PTM databases

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Gene expression databases

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Protein-protein interaction databases

Miscellaneous databases

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3D structure databases

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

Domains and Repeats

Compositional bias

<p>This subsection of the 'Family and domains' section provides information about the sequence similarity with other proteins.<p><a href='/help/sequence_similarities' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequence similaritiesⁱ

Keywords - Domainⁱ

Phylogenomic databases

Family and domain databases

<p>This section 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 <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/sequence%5Flength">length</a> and <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/sequences">molecular weight</a>. The information is filed in different subsections. The current subsections and their content are listed below:<p><a href='/help/sequences_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequence (1+)ⁱ

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<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/sequences%5Fsection">Sequence</a> section indicates if the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/canonical%5Fand%5Fisoforms">canonical sequence</a> displayed by default in the entry is in its mature form or if it represents the precursor.<p><a href='/help/sequence_processing' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequence processingⁱ: The displayed sequence is further processed into a mature form.

This entry has 1 described isoform and 3 potential isoforms that are computationally mapped.Show allAlign All

        10         20         30         40         50
MRAWIFFLLC LAGRALAAPQ QTEVAEEIVE EETVVEETGV PVGANPVQVE 
        60         70         80         90        100
MGEFEDGAEE TVEEVVADNP CQNHHCKHGK VCELDESNTP MCVCQDPTSC 
       110        120        130        140        150
PAPIGEFEKV CSNDNKTFDS SCHFFATKCT LEGTKKGHKL HLDYIGPCKY 
       160        170        180        190        200
IAPCLDSELT EFPLRMRDWL KNVLVTLYER DEGNNLLTEK QKLRVKKIHE 
       210        220        230        240        250
NEKRLEAGDH PVELLARDFE KNYNMYIFPV HWQFGQLDQH PIDGYLSHTE 
       260        270        280        290        300
LAPLRAPLIP MEHCTTRFFE TCDLDNDKYI ALEEWAGCFG IKEQDINKDL 

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Sequence databases

Genome annotation databases

<p>This section provides links to proteins that are similar to the protein sequence(s) described in this entry at different levels of sequence identity thresholds (100%, 90% and 50%) based on their membership in UniProt Reference Clusters (<a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/uniref">UniRef</a>).<p><a href='/help/similar_proteins_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Similar proteinsⁱ

• 100% Identity
• 90% Identity
• 50% Identity

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Sequence databases

3D structure databases

Protein-protein interaction databases

PTM 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

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Keywords - Technical termⁱ

Documents

1. SIMILARITY comments
   Index of protein domains and families
2. MGD cross-references
   Mouse Genome Database (MGD) cross-references in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot