Hepsin

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Hepsin
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EC no.3.4.21.106
CAS no.112398-23-9
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Hepsin (EC 3.4.21.106) is an enzyme.[1][2][3] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Cleavage after basic amino-acid residues, with Arg strongly preferred to Lys

This type-II membrane-associated serine peptidase plays a role in cell growth and development.

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References

  1. ^ Zhukov A, Hellman U, Ingelman-Sundberg M (January 1997). "Purification and characterization of hepsin from rat liver microsomes". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology. 1337 (1): 85–95. doi:10.1016/s0167-4838(96)00152-5. PMID 9003440.
  2. ^ Kazama Y, Hamamoto T, Foster DC, Kisiel W (January 1995). "Hepsin, a putative membrane-associated serine protease, activates human factor VII and initiates a pathway of blood coagulation on the cell surface leading to thrombin formation". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270 (1): 66–72. doi:10.1074/jbc.270.1.66. PMID 7814421.
  3. ^ Torres-Rosado A, O'Shea KS, Tsuji A, Chou SH, Kurachi K (August 1993). "Hepsin, a putative cell-surface serine protease, is required for mammalian cell growth". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 90 (15): 7181–5. Bibcode:1993PNAS...90.7181T. doi:10.1073/pnas.90.15.7181. PMC 47100. PMID 8346233.

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