Full name: SPARC (osteonectin), cwcv and kazal like domains proteoglycan 2

Gene type: protein coding

RefSeq status: REVIEWED

Also known as: testican-2

Summary: This gene encodes a protein which binds with glycosaminoglycans to form part of the extracellular matrix. The protein contains thyroglobulin type-1, follistatin-like, and calcium-binding domains, and has glycosaminoglycan attachment sites in the acidic C-terminal region. Three alternatively spliced transcript variants that encode different protein isoforms have been described for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2011]

Expression: Biased expression in lung (RPKM 58.9), brain (RPKM 55.4) and 13 other tissues

Gene size: 29999bp

Exon count: 13