HSPG2
Basement membrane-specific heparan sulfate proteoglycan core protein
Also known as: perlecan, PGBM_HUMAN, PRCAN, SJS1
Cross-references: UniProt · Ensembl · Human Protein Atlas · GeneCards · NCBI Gene
Protein identityUniProt · HPA
- UniProt accession
- P98160
- Gene
- HSPG2
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000142798
- Chromosome
- 1
- Canonical length
- 4391 aa
- Protein class
- Disease related genes, Human disease related genes, Plasma proteins, Predicted intracellular proteins, Predicted secreted proteins
- Secretome location
- Secreted to extracellular matrix
OverviewNCBI Gene
This gene encodes the perlecan protein, which consists of a core protein to which three long chains of glycosaminoglycans (heparan sulfate or chondroitin sulfate) are attached. The perlecan protein is a large multidomain proteoglycan that binds to and cross-links many extracellular matrix components and cell-surface molecules. It has been shown that this protein interacts with laminin, prolargin, collagen type IV, FGFBP1, FBLN2, FGF7 and transthyretin, etc., and it plays essential roles in multiple biological activities. Perlecan is a key component of the vascular extracellular matrix, where it helps to maintain the endothelial barrier function. It is a potent inhibitor of smooth muscle cell proliferation and is thus thought to help maintain vascular homeostasis. It can also promote growth factor (e.g., FGF2) activity and thus stimulate endothelial growth and re-generation. It is a major component of basement membranes, where it is involved in the stabilization of other molecules as well as being involved with glomerular permeability to macromolecules and cell adhesion. Mutations in this gene cause Schwartz-Jampel syndrome type 1, Silverman-Handmaker type of dyssegmental dysplasia, and tardive dyskinesia. Alternative splicing of this gene results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, May 2014]
Canonical amino-acid sequenceUniProt
4391 residues, UniProt reviewed canonical sequence.
>P98160|HSPG2
1 MGWRAAGALL LALLLHGRLL AVTHGLRAYD GLSLPEDIET VTASQMRWTH SYLSDDEDML
61 ADSISGDDLG SGDLGSGDFQ MVYFRALVNF TRSIEYSPQL EDAGSREFRE VSEAVVDTLE
121 SEYLKIPGDQ VVSVVFIKEL DGWVFVELDV GSEGNADGAQ IQEMLLRVIS SGSVASYVTS
181 PQGFQFRRLG TVPQFPRACT EAEFACHSYN ECVALEYRCD RRPDCRDMSD ELNCEEPVLG
241 ISPTFSLLVE TTSLPPRPET TIMRQPPVTH APQPLLPGSV RPLPCGPQEA ACRNGHCIPR
301 DYLCDGQEDC EDGSDELDCG PPPPCEPNEF PCGNGHCALK LWRCDGDFDC EDRTDEANCP
361 TKRPEEVCGP TQFRCVSTNM CIPASFHCDE ESDCPDRSDE FGCMPPQVVT PPRESIQASR
421 GQTVTFTCVA IGVPTPIINW RLNWGHIPSH PRVTVTSEGG RGTLIIRDVK ESDQGAYTCE
481 AMNARGMVFG IPDGVLELVP QRGPCPDGHF YLEHSAACLP CFCFGITSVC QSTRRFRDQI
541 RLRFDQPDDF KGVNVTMPAQ PGTPPLSSTQ LQIDPSLHEF QLVDLSRRFL VHDSFWALPE
601 QFLGNKVDSY GGSLRYNVRY ELARGMLEPV QRPDVVLMGA GYRLLSRGHT PTQPGALNQR
661 QVQFSEEHWV HESGRPVQRA ELLQVLQSLE AVLIQTVYNT KMASVGLSDI AMDTTVTHAT
721 SHGRAHSVEE CRCPIGYSGL SCESCDAHFT RVPGGPYLGT CSGCNCNGHA SSCDPVYGHC
781 LNCQHNTEGP QCNKCKAGFF GDAMKATATS CRPCPCPYID ASRRFSDTCF LDTDGQATCD
841 ACAPGYTGRR CESCAPGYEG NPIQPGGKCR PVNQEIVRCD ERGSMGTSGE ACRCKNNVVG
901 RLCNECADGS FHLSTRNPDG CLKCFCMGVS RHCTSSSWSR AQLHGASEEP GHFSLTNAAS
961 THTTNEGIFS PTPGELGFSS FHRLLSGPYF WSLPSRFLGD KVTSYGGELR FTVTQRSQPG
1021 STPLHGQPLV VLQGNNIILE HHVAQEPSPG QPSTFIVPFR EQAWQRPDGQ PATREHLLMA
1081 LAGIDTLLIR ASYAQQPAES RVSGISMDVA VPEETGQDPA LEVEQCSCPP GYRGPSCQDC
1141 DTGYTRTPSG LYLGTCERCS CHGHSEACEP ETGACQGCQH HTEGPRCEQC QPGYYGDAQR
1201 GTPQDCQLCP CYGDPAAGQA AHTCFLDTDG HPTCDACSPG HSGRHCERCA PGYYGNPSQG
1261 QPCQRDSQVP GPIGCNCDPQ GSVSSQCDAA GQCQCKAQVE GLTCSHCRPH HFHLSASNPD
1321 GCLPCFCMGI TQQCASSAYT RHLISTHFAP GDFQGFALVN PQRNSRLTGE FTVEPVPEGA
1381 QLSFGNFAQL GHESFYWQLP ETYQGDKVAA YGGKLRYTLS YTAGPQGSPL SDPDVQITGN
1441 NIMLVASQPA LQGPERRSYE IMFREEFWRR PDGQPATREH LLMALADLDE LLIRATFSSV
1501 PLAASISAVS LEVAQPGPSN RPRALEVEEC RCPPGYIGLS CQDCAPGYTR TGSGLYLGHC
1561 ELCECNGHSD LCHPETGACS QCQHNAAGEF CELCAPGYYG DATAGTPEDC QPCACPLTNP
1621 ENMFSRTCES LGAGGYRCTA CEPGYTGQYC EQCGPGYVGN PSVQGGQCLP ETNQAPLVVE
1681 VHPARSIVPQ GGSHSLRCQV SGSPPHYFYW SREDGRPVPS GTQQRHQGSE LHFPSVQPSD
1741 AGVYICTCRN LHQSNTSRAE LLVTEAPSKP ITVTVEEQRS QSVRPGADVT FICTAKSKSP
1801 AYTLVWTRLH NGKLPTRAMD FNGILTIRNV QLSDAGTYVC TGSNMFAMDQ GTATLHVQAS
1861 GTLSAPVVSI HPPQLTVQPG QLAEFRCSAT GSPTPTLEWT GGPGGQLPAK AQIHGGILRL
1921 PAVEPTDQAQ YLCRAHSSAG QQVARAVLHV HGGGGPRVQV SPERTQVHAG RTVRLYCRAA
1981 GVPSATITWR KEGGSLPPQA RSERTDIATL LIPAITTADA GFYLCVATSP AGTAQARIQV
2041 VVLSASDASP PPVKIESSSP SVTEGQTLDL NCVVAGSAHA QVTWYRRGGS LPPHTQVHGS
2101 RLRLPQVSPA DSGEYVCRVE NGSGPKEASI TVSVLHGTHS GPSYTPVPGS TRPIRIEPSS
2161 SHVAEGQTLD LNCVVPGQAH AQVTWHKRGG SLPARHQTHG SLLRLHQVTP ADSGEYVCHV
2221 VGTSGPLEAS VLVTIEASVI PGPIPPVRIE SSSSTVAEGQ TLDLSCVVAG QAHAQVTWYK
2281 RGGSLPARHQ VRGSRLYIFQ ASPADAGQYV CRASNGMEAS ITVTVTGTQG ANLAYPAGST
2341 QPIRIEPSSS QVAEGQTLDL NCVVPGQSHA QVTWHKRGGS LPVRHQTHGS LLRLYQASPA
2401 DSGEYVCRVL GSSVPLEASV LVTIEPAGSV PALGVTPTVR IESSSSQVAE GQTLDLNCLV
2461 AGQAHAQVTW HKRGGSLPAR HQVHGSRLRL LQVTPADSGE YVCRVVGSSG TQEASVLVTI
2521 QQRLSGSHSQ GVAYPVRIES SSASLANGHT LDLNCLVASQ APHTITWYKR GGSLPSRHQI
2581 VGSRLRIPQV TPADSGEYVC HVSNGAGSRE TSLIVTIQGS GSSHVPSVSP PIRIESSSPT
2641 VVEGQTLDLN CVVARQPQAI ITWYKRGGSL PSRHQTHGSH LRLHQMSVAD SGEYVCRANN
2701 NIDALEASIV ISVSPSAGSP SAPGSSMPIR IESSSSHVAE GETLDLNCVV PGQAHAQVTW
2761 HKRGGSLPSH HQTRGSRLRL HHVSPADSGE YVCRVMGSSG PLEASVLVTI EASGSSAVHV
2821 PAPGGAPPIR IEPSSSRVAE GQTLDLKCVV PGQAHAQVTW HKRGGNLPAR HQVHGPLLRL
2881 NQVSPADSGE YSCQVTGSSG TLEASVLVTI EPSSPGPIPA PGLAQPIYIE ASSSHVTEGQ
2941 TLDLNCVVPG QAHAQVTWYK RGGSLPARHQ THGSQLRLHL VSPADSGEYV CRAASGPGPE
3001 QEASFTVTVP PSEGSSYRLR SPVISIDPPS STVQQGQDAS FKCLIHDGAA PISLEWKTRN
3061 QELEDNVHIS PNGSIITIVG TRPSNHGTYR CVASNAYGVA QSVVNLSVHG PPTVSVLPEG
3121 PVWVKVGKAV TLECVSAGEP RSSARWTRIS STPAKLEQRT YGLMDSHAVL QISSAKPSDA
3181 GTYVCLAQNA LGTAQKQVEV IVDTGAMAPG APQVQAEEAE LTVEAGHTAT LRCSATGSPA
3241 PTIHWSKLRS PLPWQHRLEG DTLIIPRVAQ QDSGQYICNA TSPAGHAEAT IILHVESPPY
3301 ATTVPEHASV QAGETVQLQC LAHGTPPLTF QWSRVGSSLP GRATARNELL HFERAAPEDS
3361 GRYRCRVTNK VGSAEAFAQL LVQGPPGSLP ATSIPAGSTP TVQVTPQLET KSIGASVEFH
3421 CAVPSDRGTQ LRWFKEGGQL PPGHSVQDGV LRIQNLDQSC QGTYICQAHG PWGKAQASAQ
3481 LVIQALPSVL INIRTSVQTV VVGHAVEFEC LALGDPKPQV TWSKVGGHLR PGIVQSGGVV
3541 RIAHVELADA GQYRCTATNA AGTTQSHVLL LVQALPQISM PQEVRVPAGS AAVFPCIASG
3601 YPTPDISWSK LDGSLPPDSR LENNMLMLPS VRPQDAGTYV CTATNRQGKV KAFAHLQVPE
3661 RVVPYFTQTP YSFLPLPTIK DAYRKFEIKI TFRPDSADGM LLYNGQKRVP GSPTNLANRQ
3721 PDFISFGLVG GRPEFRFDAG SGMATIRHPT PLALGHFHTV TLLRSLTQGS LIVGDLAPVN
3781 GTSQGKFQGL DLNEELYLGG YPDYGAIPKA GLSSGFIGCV RELRIQGEEI VFHDLNLTAH
3841 GISHCPTCRD RPCQNGGQCH DSESSSYVCV CPAGFTGSRC EHSQALHCHP EACGPDATCV
3901 NRPDGRGYTC RCHLGRSGLR CEEGVTVTTP SLSGAGSYLA LPALTNTHHE LRLDVEFKPL
3961 APDGVLLFSG GKSGPVEDFV SLAMVGGHLE FRYELGSGLA VLRSAEPLAL GRWHRVSAER
4021 LNKDGSLRVN GGRPVLRSSP GKSQGLNLHT LLYLGGVEPS VPLSPATNMS AHFRGCVGEV
4081 SVNGKRLDLT YSFLGSQGIG QCYDSSPCER QPCQHGATCM PAGEYEFQCL CRDGFKGDLC
4141 EHEENPCQLR EPCLHGGTCQ GTRCLCLPGF SGPRCQQGSG HGIAESDWHL EGSGGNDAPG
4201 QYGAYFHDDG FLAFPGHVFS RSLPEVPETI ELEVRTSTAS GLLLWQGVEV GEAGQGKDFI
4261 SLGLQDGHLV FRYQLGSGEA RLVSEDPIND GEWHRVTALR EGRRGSIQVD GEELVSGRSP
4321 GPNVAVNAKG SVYIGGAPDV ATLTGGRFSS GITGCVKNLV LHSARPGAPP PQPLDLQHRA
4381 QAGANTRPCP SLocalizationUniProt · AlphaFold · HPA
Whether an antibody against HSPG2 can act on the native protein depends on physical access: surface and secreted proteins are reachable by circulating antibodies, intracellular proteins usually are not.
- Antibody reachability
- Secreted
- Secreted
- Yes
- Transmembrane segments
- 0
- Mean surface accessibility (rSASA)
- 0
- Highest tissue expression
- 246 nTPM
Expression across tissuesHPA
Tissue
- blood vessel: 246 nTPM
- heart muscle: 159 nTPM
- colon: 152 nTPM
- endometrium: 145 nTPM
- adipose tissue: 136 nTPM
- urinary bladder: 125 nTPM
Single-cell type
- vascular endothelial cells: 586 nCPM
- fibro-adipogenic progenitors: 530 nCPM
- schwann cells: 349 nCPM
- alveolar cells type 1: 307 nCPM
- smooth muscle cells: 262 nCPM
- extravillous trophoblasts: 254 nCPM
Immune cell
- plasmacytoid DC: 0.6 nTPM
- basophil: 0 nTPM
- classical monocyte: 0 nTPM
- eosinophil: 0 nTPM
- gdT-cell: 0 nTPM
- intermediate monocyte: 0 nTPM
Brain region
- choroid plexus: 43 nTPM
- thalamus: 21 nTPM
- medulla oblongata: 16 nTPM
- pons: 16 nTPM
- basal ganglia: 15 nTPM
- cerebral cortex: 15 nTPM
DiseaseUniProt · ClinVar · IEDB · PubMed
Four sources answering four different questions about HSPG2.
Disease | AllUniProt
Conditions HSPG2 is implicated in, by any mechanism.
- Schwartz-Jampel syndrome (SJS1) MIM:255800
- Dyssegmental dysplasia Silverman-Handmaker type (DDSH) MIM:224410
Disease | GeneticClinVar
118 pathogenic / likely-pathogenic of 3,522 ClinVar records.
Conditions with pathogenic or likely-pathogenic variants.
- Schwartz-Jampel syndrome type 1
- Lethal Kniest-like syndrome
- Schwartz-Jampel syndrome
- HSPG2-related disorder
- Malignant tumor of urinary bladder
ReferencesPubMed · IEDB
Publications for HSPG2 from three distinct lines of evidence, kept separate because they answer different questions: whether antibodies are directed at the protein, whether a B-cell epitope has been mapped on it, and whether a T-cell epitope has. Each is labelled with its source.
Reference: AutoantibodyPubMed
5 publications
- The 20S proteasome core, active within apoptotic exosome-like vesicles, induces autoantibody production and accelerates rejection.
2015 · Sci Transl Med · RCR 5.9 · 187 citations - Non-HLA antibodies against endothelial targets bridging allo- and autoimmunity.
2016 · Kidney Int · RCR 3.9 · 93 citations - Non-HLA antibodies in solid organ transplantation: recent concepts and clinical relevance.
2013 · Curr Opin Organ Transplant · RCR 2.5 · 72 citations - Human pregnancy and generation of anti-angiotensin receptor and anti-perlecan antibodies.
2014 · Transpl Int · RCR 0.4 · 12 citations - Perlecan is a novel target of autoantibodies in anti-glomerular basement membrane disease.
2025 · Nephrol Dial Transplant · 3 citations
Sources: PubMed — antigen-level antibody evidence from a custom retrieval. Records matching a controlled set of autoantibody terms (the MeSH descriptors Autoantibodies and Autoantigens, with title and abstract term variants) were obtained through NCBI E-utilities, and their titles and abstracts parsed for constructions that direct an antibody at a named protein rather than for co-occurrence. Captured names were resolved against UniProt nomenclature and each antigen adjudicated individually against the source text. Bibliographic records from PubMed and MeSH, U.S. National Library of Medicine; citation metrics from NIH iCite (Hutchins et al., PLoS Biology 2016). Titles link to PubMed; abstracts are not reproduced here. The NLM does not endorse this analysis.
Genetic constraint and essentialitygnomAD · DepMap
Does the body need this protein intact? Low LOEUF or a strong DepMap dependency means loss or blockade of the protein is likely to be felt.
- gnomAD LOEUF (loss-of-function intolerance)
- 0.41
- gnomAD pLI
- 0
- gnomAD missense Z
- 1.14
- DepMap mean gene effect
- -0.07
- DepMap dependency class
- none
Cancer expressionTCGA
Across TCGA tumor cohorts, this protein is over-expressed in roughly 4% of surveyed tumor types (aggregate summary; per-cohort expression, alteration, and survival load in the interactive view).
OntologyGO
Biological processes
- angiogenesis
- animal organ regeneration
- brain development
- cell differentiation
- circulatory system development
- embryo implantation
- inflammatory response
- lipid metabolic process
- negative regulation of angiogenesis
- negative regulation of cell adhesion
- negative regulation of cell population proliferation
- negative regulation of synaptic transmission, cholinergic
- positive regulation of endothelial cell proliferation
- protein localization to synapse
- receptor-mediated endocytosis
- response to hypoxia
- response to xenobiotic stimulus
- smoothened signaling pathway
Molecular functions
- amyloid-beta binding
- calcium ion binding
- collagen V binding
- extracellular matrix structural constituent conferring compression resistance
- low-density lipoprotein particle receptor binding
- molecular adaptor activity
Cellular components
Protein domainsUniProt · Pfam · InterPro
- Laminin IV
- SEA domain
- EGF-like domain
- Laminin G domain
- EGF-like calcium-binding domain
- Laminin-type EGF domain
- Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor class A repeat
- Immunoglobulin subtype 2
- Immunoglobulin domain subtype
- Immunoglobulin-like domain
- Immunoglobulin I-set
- Immunoglobulin V-set domain
- Concanavalin A-like lectin/glucanase domain superfamily
- Immunoglobulin-like fold
- Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor class A, conserved site
- LDL receptor-like superfamily
- Immunoglobulin-like domain superfamily
- Neural and epithelial cell adhesion domain-containing protein
- Laminin/attractin/netrin-like, EGF domain
- EGF-like domain
- Laminin B (Domain IV)
- Laminin EGF domain
- Laminin G domain
- Low-density lipoprotein receptor domain class A
- Immunoglobulin I-set domain
- Immunoglobulin domain
- Immunoglobulin domain
- Laminin/attractin EGF domain
KeywordsUniProt
InteractionsUniProt · HPA
Protein binding partners of HSPG2 in the human serome: UniProt-annotated complex subunits plus reported interactors. Each links to its own Seroatlas record.
Antibody and autoantibody relevanceSeroatlas analysis
Seroatlas reads HSPG2 as an antibody target. Whether an autoantibody or antibody against HSPG2 could matter depends on whether native HSPG2 is physically reachable, whether the body needs it intact, and whether it acts in a disease-relevant tissue.
HSPG2 is annotated as secreted, so native HSPG2 circulates and is directly accessible to antibodies. Secreted and cell-surface proteins are the autoantibody targets most likely to act like drugs, blocking or depleting the native protein.
Annotation status
The present source text does not explicitly label HSPG2 as an autoantigen. Seroatlas presents hypothesis context only and does not manufacture a known-serology claim.
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