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Facts about Carboxypeptidase E.
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Human | |
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Gene Name: | CPE |
Uniprot: | P16870 |
Entrez: | 1363 |
Belongs to: |
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peptidase M14 family |
Carboxypeptidase E; Carboxypeptidase H; CPE; CPH; CPH-1; EC 3.4.17; EC 3.4.17.10; Enkephalin convertase; Prohormone-processing carboxypeptidase
Mass (kDA):
53.151 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 4q32.3 |
Sequence: | 4; NC_000004.12 (165379008..165498547) |
Isoform 2, but not isoform 1, is overexpressed in hepatocellular carcinoma (at protein level), as well as in other tumors, including pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas.
[Isoform 1]: Cytoplasmic vesicle, secretory vesicle. Cytoplasmic vesicle, secretory vesicle membrane; Peripheral membrane protein. Secreted. Associated with the secretory granule membrane through direct binding to lipid rafts in intragranular conditions.; [Isoform 2]: Nucleus.
PMID: 2334405 by Manser E., et al. Human carboxypeptidase E. Isolation and characterization of the cDNA, sequence conservation, expression and processing in vitro.
PMID: 9662053 by Utsunomiya N., et al. Organization of the human carboxypeptidase E gene and molecular scanning for mutations in Japanese subjects with NIDDM or obesity.