CST7 (gene)

Cystatin F (leukocystatin)

PDB rendering based on 2ch9.
Identifiers
Symbols CST7; CMAP
External IDs OMIM603253 MGI1298217 HomoloGene37832 GeneCards: CST7 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 8530 13011
Ensembl ENSG00000077984 ENSMUSG00000068129
UniProt O76096 Q3TCR2
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_003650 NM_009977.3
RefSeq (protein) NP_003641 NP_034107.2
Location (UCSC) Chr 20:
24.93 – 24.94 Mb
Chr 2:
150.4 – 150.4 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

Cystatin-F is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CST7 gene.[1][2][3]

The cystatin superfamily encompasses proteins that contain multiple cystatin-like sequences. Some of the members are active cysteine protease inhibitors, while others have lost or perhaps never acquired this inhibitory activity. There are three inhibitory families in the superfamily, including the type 1 cystatins (stefins), type 2 cystatins and the kininogens. The type 2 cystatin proteins are a class of cysteine proteinase inhibitors found in a variety of human fluids and secretions. This gene encodes a glycosylated cysteine protease inhibitor with a putative role in immune regulation through inhibition of a unique target in the hematopoietic system. Expression of the protein has been observed in various human cancer cell lines established from malignant tumors.[3]

References

  1. ^ Ni J, Fernandez MA, Danielsson L, Chillakuru RA, Zhang J, Grubb A, Su J, Gentz R, Abrahamson M (Oct 1998). "Cystatin F is a glycosylated human low molecular weight cysteine proteinase inhibitor". J Biol Chem 273 (38): 24797–804. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.38.24797. PMID 9733783. 
  2. ^ Halfon S, Ford J, Foster J, Dowling L, Lucian L, Sterling M, Xu Y, Weiss M, Ikeda M, Liggett D, Helms A, Caux C, Lebecque S, Hannum C, Menon S, McClanahan T, Gorman D, Zurawski G (Aug 1998). "Leukocystatin, a new Class II cystatin expressed selectively by hematopoietic cells". J Biol Chem 273 (26): 16400–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.26.16400. PMID 9632704. 
  3. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: CST7 cystatin F (leukocystatin)". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=8530. 

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