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Facts about Transmembrane protease serine 6.
May play a technical role in matrix remodeling processes in liver. Throughout the cleavage of HFE2, a regulator of the expression of the iron absorption-regulating hormone hepicidin/HAMP, plays a role in iron homeostasis.
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Gene Name: | Tmprss6 |
Uniprot: | Q9DBI0 |
Entrez: | 71753 |
Belongs to: |
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peptidase S1 family |
EC 3.4.21; EC 3.4.21.-; FLJ30744; IRIDA; Matriptase-2; membrane-bound mosaic serine proteinase matriptase-2; transmembrane protease serine 6; transmembrane protease, serine 6; type II transmembrane serine protease 6
Mass (kDA):
90.978 kDA
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Location: | 15|15 E1 |
Sequence: | 15; |
Expressed at highest levels in adult mice liver, kidney and uterus. Also strongly expressed within the nasal cavity by olfactory epithelial cells. A weak, but detectable, signal in adult mice tissues analyzed including brain, lung, heart, kidney, spleen, muscle, intestine, thymus and pancreas. No signal in residual embryonic yolk sac, developing kidney tubules or in embryonic tissues analyzed including lung, heart, gastrointestinal tract and epithelium of the oral cavity.
PMID: 12744720 by Hooper J.D., et al. Mouse matriptase-2: identification, characterization and comparative mRNA expression analysis with mouse hepsin in adult and embryonic tissues.
PMID: 18451267 by Du X., et al. The serine protease TMPRSS6 is required to sense iron deficiency.