IMPG1 explained

Interphotoreceptor matrix proteoglycan 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IMPG1 gene.^[1]

Further reading

• Felbor U, Gehrig A, Sauer CG, etal . Genomic organization and chromosomal localization of the interphotoreceptor matrix proteoglycan-1 (IMPG1) gene: a candidate for 6q-linked retinopathies. . Cytogenet. Cell Genet. . 81 . 1 . 12–7 . 1998 . 9691169 . 10.1159/000015001 . 46766267 .
• Gehrig A, Felbor U, Kelsell RE, etal . Assessment of the interphotoreceptor matrix proteoglycan-1 (IMPG1) gene localised to 6q13-q15 in autosomal dominant Stargardt-like disease (ADSTGD), progressive bifocal chorioretinal atrophy (PBCRA), and North Carolina macular dystrophy (MCDR1). . J. Med. Genet. . 35 . 8 . 641–5 . 1998 . 9719369 . 10.1136/jmg.35.8.641 . 1051388 .
• Acharya S, Rayborn ME, Hollyfield JG . Characterization of SPACR, a sialoprotein associated with cones and rods present in the interphotoreceptor matrix of the human retina: immunological and lectin binding analysis. . Glycobiology . 8 . 10 . 997–1006 . 1998 . 9719680 . 10.1093/glycob/8.10.997 . free .
• Acharya S, Rodriguez IR, Moreira EF, etal . SPACR, a novel interphotoreceptor matrix glycoprotein in human retina that interacts with hyaluronan. . J. Biol. Chem. . 273 . 47 . 31599–606 . 1998 . 9813076 . 10.1074/jbc.273.47.31599 . free .
• Kuehn MH, Hageman GS . Expression and characterization of the IPM 150 gene (IMPG1) product, a novel human photoreceptor cell-associated chondroitin-sulfate proteoglycan. . Matrix Biol. . 18 . 5 . 509–18 . 2000 . 10601738 . 10.1016/S0945-053X(99)00043-8 .
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, etal . Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences. . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 99 . 26 . 16899–903 . 2003 . 12477932 . 10.1073/pnas.242603899 . 139241 . 2002PNAS...9916899M . free .
• Mungall AJ, Palmer SA, Sims SK, etal . The DNA sequence and analysis of human chromosome 6. . Nature . 425 . 6960 . 805–11 . 2003 . 14574404 . 10.1038/nature02055 . 2003Natur.425..805M . free .
• van Lith-Verhoeven JJ, Hoyng CB, van den Helm B, etal . The benign concentric annular macular dystrophy locus maps to 6p12.3-q16. . Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. . 45 . 1 . 30–5 . 2004 . 14691150 . 10.1167/iovs.03-0392 .
• Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, etal . The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC). . Genome Res. . 14 . 10B . 2121–7 . 2004 . 15489334 . 10.1101/gr.2596504 . 528928 .
• Abd El-Aziz MM, El-Ashry MF, Barragan I, etal . Molecular genetic analysis of two functional candidate genes in the autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa, RP25, locus. . Curr. Eye Res. . 30 . 12 . 1081–7 . 2006 . 16354621 . 10.1080/02713680500351039 . 26204316 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Entrez Gene: IMPG1 interphotoreceptor matrix proteoglycan 1.