Also known as BRAL1, hyaluronan and proteoglycan link protein 2
Hyaluronan and proteoglycan link protein 2 (HAPLN2) also known as brain link protein 1 (BRAL1) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HAPLN2 gene. HAPLN1 codes for a related link protein that is expressed in cartilage while Bral1 is expressed in brain.
Predicted to enable hyaluronic acid binding activity. Predicted to be involved in central nervous system development and skeletal system development. Predicted to act upstream of or within establishment of blood-nerve barrier and extracellular matrix assembly. Predicted to be located in extracellular region. Predicted to be active in extracellular matrix. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]
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Hyaluronan and proteoglycan link protein 2 (HAPLN2) also known as brain link protein 1 (BRAL1) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HAPLN2 gene. HAPLN1 codes for a related link protein that is expressed in cartilage while Bral1 is expressed in brain.
== Function == Bral1 interacts with versican and brevican in nodes of Ranvier. In mice with reduced Bralp1 expression the extracellular matrix at nodes of Ranvier is disrupted and action potential conduction is abnormal.
Discovered by embedding cosine similarity (sentence-transformers MiniLM, 384-dim).