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Wiley, FEBS Letters, 22(579), p. 5019-5023, 2005

DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.07.090

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Perlecan from human epithelial cells is a hybrid heparan/chondroitin/keratan sulfate proteoglycan

Journal article published in 2005 by S. Knox ORCID, A. J. Fosang ORCID, K. Last, J. Melrose, J. Whitelock
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Abstract

Perlecan is a multidomain proteoglycan, usually substituted with heparan sulphate (HS), and sometimes substituted with both HS and chondroitin sulphate (CS). In this paper, we describe perlecan purified from HEK-293 cells substituted with HS, CS and keratan sulphate (KS). KS substitution was confirmed by immunoreactivity with antibody 5D4, sensitivity to keratanase treatment, and fluorophore-assisted carbohydrate electrophoresis. HEK-293 perlecan failed to promote FGF-dependent cell growth in an in vitro assay. This study is the first to report perlecan containing KS, and makes perlecan one of only a very few proteoglycans substituted with three distinct types of glycosaminoglycan chains.