Impg1 - interphotoreceptor matrix proteoglycan 1 Gene

Also Known as Mlgapc

Species: Rattus norvegicus

Gene Type: protein coding
Gene ID: 66014

Summary

Predicted to enable chondroitin sulfate binding activity; heparin binding activity; and hyaluronic acid binding activity. Predicted to be involved in visual perception. Predicted to act upstream of or within extracellular matrix organization. Predicted to be located in interphotoreceptor matrix. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in retinitis pigmentosa and vitelliform macular dystrophy. Orthologous to human IMPG1 (interphotoreceptor matrix proteoglycan 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]

Impg1 Products (1)

mRNA Protein Name
NM_023958.2 NP_076448.2 interphotoreceptor matrix proteoglycan 1 precursor
Protein Preferred Names Protein Names

interphotoreceptor matrix proteoglycan 1

  • mucin-like glycoprotein associated with photoreceptor cells

  • sialoprotein associated with cones and rods

Orthologs Information

Species Symbol Source ID
Homo sapiens Impg1 NCBI NCBI:3617