A comprehensive nomenclature for serine proteases with homology to tissue kallikreins.

Authors :: Lundwall, Åke
Band, Vimla
Blaber, Michael
Clements, Judith A.
Courty, Yves
Diamandis, Eleftherios P.
Fritz, Hans
Lilja, Hans
Malm, Johan
Maltais, Lois J.
Olsson, A. Yvonne
Petraki, Constantina
Scorilas, Andreas
Sotiropoulou, Georgia
Stenman, Ulf-Håkan
Stephan, Carsten
Talieri, Maroulio
Yousef, George M.
Source :: Biological Chemistry; Jun2006, Vol. 387 Issue 6, p637-641, 5p, 2 Diagrams, 2 Charts
Publication Year :: 2006
Abstract: The human kallikrein locus on chromosome 19q13.3–13.4 contains kallikrein 1 – the tissue kallikrein – and 14 related serine proteases. Recent investigations into their function and evolution have indicated that the present nomenclature for these proteins is inadequate or insufficient. Here we present a new nomenclature in which proteins without proven kininogenase activity are denoted kallikrein-related peptidase. Names are also given to the unique rodent proteins that are closely related to kallikrein 1. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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