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Facts about Atrial natriuretic peptide-converting enzyme.
Proteolytic cleavage of pro-NPPA also plays a role in female pregnancy by promoting trophoblast invasion and spiral artery remodeling in uterus. Also functions as a regulator of sodium reabsorption in kidney.
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Gene Name: | CORIN |
Uniprot: | Q9Y5Q5 |
Entrez: | 10699 |
Belongs to: |
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peptidase S1 family |
ATC2; atrial natriuteric peptide-converting enzyme; Corin; corin, serine peptidase; EC 3.4.21; EC 3.4.21.-; heart specific serine proteinase; Heart-specific serine proteinase ATC2; MGC119742; pro-ANP-convertase; Pro-ANP-Converting Enzyme; PRSC; serine protease; Transmembrane protease serine 10
Mass (kDA):
116.486 kDA
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Location: | 4p12 |
Sequence: | 4; NC_000004.12 (47593998..47838106, complement) |
Highly expressed in heart. Expressed in heart myocytes. Also expressed in pregnant uterus. Detected in blood, in plasma as well as in serum (at protein level).
Cell membrane; Single-pass type II membrane protein. May easily detached from the endothelial cell membrane.; [Isoform 2]: Cell membrane; Single-pass type II membrane protein. Less efficiently targeted to the cell membrane compared to isoform 1.; [Atrial natriuretic peptide-converting enzyme, 180 kDa soluble fragment]: Secreted. Soluble form produced following cleavage by ADAM10.; [Atrial natriuretic peptide-converting enzyme, 160 kDa soluble fragment]: Secreted. Soluble form produced following autocatalytic cleavage.; [Atrial natriuretic peptide-converting enzyme, 100 kDa soluble fragment]: S
PMID: 10329693 by Yan W., et al. Corin, a mosaic transmembrane serine protease encoded by a novel cDNA from human heart.
PMID: 11082206 by Hooper J.D., et al. Localization of the mosaic transmembrane serine protease corin to heart myocytes.
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