- Source: Brevican
Brevican core protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the BCAN gene. Brevican is a member of the lectican protein family.
Brevican is localised to the surface of neurons in the brain. In melanocytic cells, BCAN gene expression may be regulated by MITF.
Brevican is involved in maintaining molecule networks around nuerones and may possibly be associated with slower brain ageing and Alzheimer's prevention.
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Further reading
External links
Human BCAN genome location and BCAN gene details page in the UCSC Genome Browser.