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Facts about Serine protease hepsin.
Plays a role in the proteolytic processing of ACE2 (PubMed:24227843). Mediates the proteolytic cleavage of urinary UMOD that is required for UMOD polymerization (PubMed:26673890).
Human | |
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Gene Name: | HPN |
Uniprot: | P05981 |
Entrez: | 3249 |
Belongs to: |
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peptidase S1 family |
EC 3.4.21; EC 3.4.21.106; Hepsin; HPN; serine protease hepsin catalytic chain; serine protease hepsin; TMPRSS1 ; TMPRSS1serine protease hepsin non-catalytic chain; Transmembrane protease serine 1; transmembrane protease, serine 1
Mass (kDA):
45.011 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 19q13.11 |
Sequence: | 19; NC_000019.10 (35040506..35066573) |
Detected in liver and kidney.
Cell membrane; Single-pass type II membrane protein. Apical cell membrane; Single-pass type II membrane protein.
PMID: 2835076 by Leytus S.P., et al. A novel trypsin-like serine protease (hepsin) with a putative transmembrane domain expressed by human liver and hepatoma cells.
PMID: 1885621 by Tsuji A., et al. Hepsin, a cell membrane-associated protease. Characterization, tissue distribution, and gene localization.