Tags: Protein.
Osteoglycin (also called mimecan) encoded by the OGN gene is a human protein.This gene encodes a protein which induces ectopic bone formation in conjunction with transforming growth factor beta. This protein is a small proteoglycan which contains tandem leucine-rich repeats (LRR). The gene expresses three transcript variants.The level of expression of this gene has been correlated with enlarged hearts and more specifically left ventricular hypertrophy.