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Guidelines

MIRAGE

versican

Summary

Gene Symbol

VCAN

Organism

Aptenodytes forsteri (emperor penguin)

External Links

NCBI Gene: 103900822
KEGG Gene ID: afor:103900822
PubChem: 103900822

Gene Ontology (GO)

Displaying 1 entry
GO Term	Evidence Code	PMID
cell adhesion	IEA	22301074

GO Hierarchy

biological process

cellular process [inference]

cell adhesion

Displaying **all 2** entries
GO Term	Evidence Code	PMID
calcium ion binding	IEA	22301074
hyaluronic acid binding	IEA	22301074

GO Hierarchy

molecular function

binding [inference]

ion binding [inference]

cation binding [inference]

metal ion binding [inference]

calcium ion binding

carbohydrate derivative binding [inference]

glycosaminoglycan binding [inference]

hyaluronic acid binding

Gene Ontology information from NCBI Gene and UniProt.

OrthoDB (Group)

Group level

Eukaryota

Group Name

Brevican core protein

Functional Category

M: Cell wall/membrane/envelope biogenesis
O: Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

Displaying **all 4** entries
Gene Ontology
central nervous system development
hyaluronic acid binding
positive regulation of neuroblast proliferation
skeletal system development

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InterPro
C-type lectin fold
C-type lectin, conserved site
C-type lectin-like/link domain superfamily
C-type lectin-like
EGF-like domain
Immunoglobulin V-set domain
Immunoglobulin subtype
Immunoglobulin-like domain superfamily
Immunoglobulin-like domain
Immunoglobulin-like fold

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Last updated: April 6, 2026