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pleiotrophin; PTN; heparin-binding brain mitogen; HBBM; heparin-binding growth factor 8; HBGF-8; heparin-binding growth-associated molecule; HB-GAM; heparin-binding neurite outgrowth-promoting factor 1; HBNF-1; osteoblast-specific factor 1; OSF-1 (PTN HBNF1 NEGF1)

Function: - secreted growth factor - induces neurite outgrowth - mitogenic for fibroblasts, epithelial, & endothelial cells - binds anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) which induces MAPK pathway activation, an important step in the anti-apoptotic signaling of PTN & regulation of cell proliferation - phosphorylated by NEK6 - interacts with ALK & NEK6 Structure: belongs to the pleiotrophin family Compartment: secreted Expression: - expressed in osteoblasts & in brain - induced by heparin & retinoic acid

General

growth factor secreted protein

Properties

SIZE: entity length = 168 aa MW = 19 kD COMPARTMENT: extracellular compartment MOTIF: signal sequence {1-32} cysteine residue {C47} MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C76} cysteine residue {C55} MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C85} cysteine residue {C62} MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C89} cysteine residue {C76} MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C47} cysteine residue {C85} MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C55} cysteine residue {C89} MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C62} cysteine residue {C99} MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C131} cysteine residue {C109} MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C141} cysteine residue {C131} MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C99} cysteine residue {C141} MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C109}

Database Correlations

OMIM 162095 UniProt P21246 PFAM correlations Entrez Gene 5764 Kegg hsa:5764

References

  1. UniProt :accession P21246
  2. Wikipedia; Note: pleiotrophin entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pleiotrophin
  3. Ruoslahti E, Yamaguchi Y. Proteoglycans as modulators of growth factor activities. Cell. 1991 Mar 8;64(5):867-9. Review. PMID: 2001586