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Gene or
Enzyme
-Type IV
(most
serious)
-Lysyl
Hydroxylase
-Type VI
-Lysyl
Hydroxylase
Type VIIC
-Lysyl
Hydroxylase
S/Sx
Alport
Syndrome
Type IV
collagen
fibers-major
collagen
found in the
basement
membranes
of the renal
glomeruli
COL7A1/
Type VII
Colagen
Mutationin
keratin 5
HematuriaESR
D
Prolyl/Lysyl
hydroxylase
s
-Subcutaneous
haemorrhage
-bleeding gums
-poor wound
healing
EPIDERMOLYSIS
BULLUSA
EPIDERMOLYSIS
BULLUSA
Simplex
scurvy
Menkes disease
Copper
dependent
enzyme lysyl
oxidase
-Rupture of
arteries in the
bowel
-Ocular rupture
-joint
hypermobility
-soft skin
CONGENITAL CONTRACTURAL
ARACHNODACTYLY(Beals Syndrome)
ELASTIN
FEBRILLIN 1
Marfans Syndrome
Keratan Sulfate
I
Keratan Sulfate
II
3.
Heparin
Chain elongation
Heparan
Sulfate
Chain Terminatin
1.
2.
GAGs
HYALURONIC
ACID
CHONDROITIN
SULFATE
FUNCTION
>Unbranched
chain of
repeating
disaccharide
units
containing
GlcUA and
GlcNAc
> Joint support,
and combatting
osteoarthritis
>Facilitate cell
migration
>compressability
of cartilage
Important
component of
LOCATION
Present in
bacteria,
synovial fluid,
vitreous
humor, loose
connective
tissue.
Dermatan
Sulfate
Cartilage, bone
and Cornea
cartilage - the
tough connective
tissue that
cushions the
joints.
Consist of
repeating GalGlcNAc
disaccharide
units
containing
sulfate
attached to the
6 position of
GlcNAc or
occasionally
Gal.
>Corneal
Transparency
Consist of
repeating GalGlcNAc
disaccharide
units
containing
sulfate
attached to the
6 position of
GlcNAc or
occasionally
Gal.
The repeating
disaccharide
contains
glucosamine
(GlcN) and
either of the
uronic acids.
>Anticoagulant
Molecule that
is present on
many cell
surfaces as
proteoglycan
and is
extracellular.
>components
of plasma
membrane and
may act as
receptors and
participate in
cell adhesions
and cell-cell
interactions
>Charge
selectiveness
of renal
glomerulus
Components of
other vesicles.
Its structure is
similar with
that of
chondroitin
sulfate. Widely
distributed to
the animal
Cornea
Loose
connective
tissue
Mast cells
Skin fibroblast,
aortic wall
Wide
distribution
tissues.
>Structural
role in sclera
and in corneal
transparency.
GLYCOSAMINOGLYCA
NS
TISSUE DISTRIBUTION
Hyaluronic acid
Synovium, vitreous
humor
Chondroitin sulfate
Heparan sulfate
Basement membrane
Heparin
Dermatan sulfate
Keratan sulfate
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