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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Matrix Biol. 2018 Apr 12;75-76:72–81. doi: 10.1016/j.matbio.2018.04.004

Table 1.

Genes encoding basement membrane proteins in mice and flies. Data from Flybase, release FB2017_06 [51]

Basement membrane
protein family
Mouse
genes
Drosophila
genes
Structural proteins Laminin 11 genes 4 genes
  α-chain Lama1 Laminin A (LanA)
Lama2 wing blister (wb)
Lama3
Lama4
Lama5
  β-chain Lamb1 LanB1
Lamb2
Lamb3
  γ-chain Lamc1 Laminin B2 (LanB2)
Lamc2
Lamc3

Collagen IV 6 genes 2 genes
  Collagen IV α1 Col4a1 Collagen IV alpha 1 (Col4A1)
  Collagen IV α2 Col4a2 Viking (vkg)
  Collagen IV α3 Col4a3 (not present)
  Collagen IV α4 Col4a4 (not present)
  Collagen IV α5 Col4a5 (not present)
  Collagen IV α6 Col4a6 (not present)

Perlecan 1 gene 1 gene
Hspg2 terribly reduced optic lobes (trol)

Nidogen 2 genes 1 gene
Nid1 Nidogen/entactin (Ndg)
Nid2

Extracellular BM Modifying Enzymes Matrix Metalloproteinase 24 genes 2 genes
Mmp1a, Mmp1b, Mmp2, Mmp3, Mmp7, Mmp8, Mmp9, Mmp10, Mmp11, Mmp12, Mmp13, Mmp14, Mmp15, Mmp16, Mmp17, Mmp19, Mmp20, Mmp21, Mmp23, Mmp24, Mmp25, Mmp27, Mmp28, Mmp29 Matrix metalloproteinase 1 (Mmp1)
Matrix metalloproteinase 2 (Mmp2)

Peroxidasin 1 gene 1 gene
Pxdn Peroxidasin (Pxn)

Lysyl Oxidase 5 genes 2 genes
Lox Lysyl oxidase-like 1 (Loxl1)
Loxl1 Lysyl oxidase-like 2 (Loxl2)
Loxl2
Loxl3
Loxl4