Gene
HSPG2
heparan sulfate proteoglycan 2
- HGNC 5273↗(opens in a new tab)
- Ensembl gene ENSG00000142798↗(opens in a new tab)
- NCBI Gene 3339↗(opens in a new tab)
Summary
- Cytogenetic location
- 1p36.12
- Coordinates
- Chromosome 1: 21,822,244–21,937,310 (GRCh38)
- Exons
- 97 exons across 115.1 kb
- Protein
- 4,391 amino acids
- Also known as
- perlecan, PRCAN
- Previous symbols
- SJS1
- MANE Select transcript
- ENST00000374695.8NM_005529.7
- Locus type
- gene with protein product
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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How HSPG2 is laid out
- Coding sequence
- Untranslated region
- Intron
- Direction of transcription
- Known disease-causing sites
- Stretches short reads find hard
Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.
Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).
Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.
Exons make up 14.3 kb of the gene's 115.1 kb; 13,176 of those bases code for the protein.
How a genome test reads HSPG2
40
positions in HSPG2 where ClinVar classes a change as pathogenic or likely pathogenic
None of them falls in a region short reads find hard.
A whole genome covers all 115.1 kb of HSPG2, introns included, not only the 14.3 kb of exons.
Traits linked to HSPG2
The Human Phenotype Ontology lists these as features of the rare conditions HSPG2 can cause. Each trait's page lists the other genes linked to it.
Abnormality of the musculoskeletal system
- Anisospondyly
- Muscle stiffness
- Short long bone
- Small chest
- Abnormal formation of the hip
- Abnormal shape of end part of bone
- Abnormal skeletal development
- Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita
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- EMG abnormality
- Joint stiffness
- Low muscle tone
- Myotonia
- Spasticity and rigidity of muscles
- Abnormal bone maturation of vertebra
- Coronal cleft vertebrae
- EMG: myotonic discharges
- Excessive inward curvature of lower spine
- Flattened vertebrae
- Hunched back
- Increased skeletal muscle cells
- Limitation of joint mobility
- Muscle degeneration
- Muscle tissue disease
- Narrow chest
- Osteoporosis
- Percussion myotonia
- Pigeon chest
- Prominent swayback
- Reduced spine movement
- Rounded neck
- Scoliosis
- Shoulder flexion contracture
- Squared iliac bones
- 11 pairs of ribs
- Abnormality of the ribs
- Abnormally straight spine
- Broad long bones
- Cleft ribs
- Delayed bone maturation
- Flexed joint that cannot be straightened
- Funnel chest
- High shoulder blade
- Hypoplastic ischia
- Hypoplastic pubic bone
- Increased bone mineral density
- Kyphoscoliosis
- Muscle weakness
- Narrow spinal canal
- Rib fusion
- Short ribs
- Small wings of the pelvic girdle
Abnormality of head or neck
- Expressionless face
- Little lower jaw
- Decrease in jaw mobility
- Drooping lower lip
- Full cheeks
- Horizontal eyebrow
- Long philtrum
- Midface retrusion
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- Narrow mouth
- Pointed chin
- Pursed lips
- Wide nasal bridge
- Abnormality of the eyebrow
- Abnormally small head
- Boxer's nasal deformity
- Brain tissue sticks out through back of skull
- Broad head shape
- Cranial defect
- Deep philtrum
- Delayed cranial suture closure
- Depressed nasal bridge
- Eye folds
- Flat face
- Flat nose
- High palate
- Narrow eyelid opening
- Narrow opening between the eyelids
- Prominent nasal bridge
- Short neck
- Abnormality of the neck
- Bad bite
- Cleft palate
- Distichiasis
- Encephalocele
- Extra bones within cranial sutures
- Extra teeth
- Eyelid spasm
- Frontal bossing
- Long eyelashes in irregular rows
- Low frontal hairline
- Odontogenic neoplasm
- Zygomatic flattening
Abnormality of limbs
- Abnormality of the wide portion of a long bone
- Bowing of the long bones
- Dropped arches
- Knock knees
- Metatarsus valgus
- Permanent flexion of the finger
- Short fingers or toes
- Short foot
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- Smaller or shorter than typical limbs
- Abnormality of limbs
- Bowed legs
- Club feet
- Coxa valga
- Coxa vara
- Curvature of little finger
- Flexion contracture of toe
- Hip contracture
- Limb undergrowth
- Quadriceps weakness
- Wrist flexion contracture
- Abnormally indented hip sockets
- Clubbing of fingers
- Duplication of bones of the toes
- Elbow dislocation
- Left and right leg differ in length or width
- Abnormality of thighbone end part
- Anterior bowing of long bones
- Broad wide portion of long bone
- Dislocated hip since birth
- Joint contracture of the hand
Abnormality of the nervous system
- Abnormal gait
- Abnormal speech pattern
- Absent speech development
- Agenesis of corpus callosum
- Decrease in size of the outer layer of the brain due to loss of brain cells
- Delayed speech and language development
- EEG abnormality
- Global developmental delay
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- Intellectual disability
- Poor speech
- Ventriculomegaly
- Autism
- Behavioral abnormality
- Decreased reflex response
- Epilepsy
- High pitched voice
- Repetitive movements
- Self-injurious behavior
- Waddling gait
- Anxiety
- Attention deficit
- Cancer of early nerve cells
- Cranial nerve paralysis
- Increased appetite
- Irritability
- Paralysis or weakness of one side of body
- Too much cerebrospinal fluid in the brain
Abnormality of the digestive system
- Acid reflux
- Constipation
- Feeding difficulties in infancy
- Poor swallowing
- Abnormality of the anus
- Abnormality of the intestine
- Abnormality of the liver
- Annular pancreas
Show 3 more traits
External links
Gene records
Transcript
Protein
Where this comes from
- HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
- MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.
- ClinVar and the GIAB stratifications: known disease-causing sites, and the regions short reads find hard.
- The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.
- Data release 2026.10.16-c6eea6bf.
Cite this page
Dante Labs. (n.d.). HSPG2 gene: heparan sulfate proteoglycan 2. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/hspg2
Dante Labs. HSPG2 gene: heparan sulfate proteoglycan 2 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/hspg2
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