Chymotrypsin-C

Chymotrypsin C (caldecrin)
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
SymbolsCTRC ; CLCR; ELA4
External IDsOMIM: 601405 MGI: 1923951 HomoloGene: 21422 IUPHAR: 2341 ChEMBL: 2386 GeneCards: CTRC Gene
EC number3.4.21.2
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez1133076701
EnsemblENSG00000162438ENSMUSG00000062478
UniProtQ99895Q3SYP2
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_007272NM_001033875
RefSeq (protein)NP_009203NP_001029047
Location (UCSC)Chr 1:
15.76 – 15.78 Mb
Chr 4:
141.81 – 141.85 Mb
PubMed search

Chymotrypsin C, also known as caldecrin or elastase 4 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CTRC gene.[1][2]

Function

Chymotrypsin C is a member of the peptidase S1 family. The encoded protein is a serum calcium-decreasing factor that has chymotrypsin-like protease activity.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Entrez Gene: chymotrypsin C (caldecrin)".
  2. Tomomura A, Akiyama M, Itoh H, Yoshino I, Tomomura M, Nishii Y, Noikura T, Saheki T (May 1996). "Molecular cloning and expression of human caldecrin". FEBS Lett. 386 (1): 26–8. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(96)00377-8. PMID 8635596.

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