1108116545ENSG00000139330ENSMUSG00000019932O60938O35367NM_007035NM_008438NP_008966NP_032464Keratocan (KTN) also known as keratan sulfate proteoglycan keratocan, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KERA gene.

[5][6][7] Keratan sulfate proteoglycans (KSPGs) are members of the small leucine-rich proteoglycan (SLRP) family.

KSPGs, particularly keratocan, lumican and mimecan, are important to the transparency of the cornea.

[7] Mutations of the gene cause cornea plana 2.

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