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Furin

Furin is a protease, a proteolytic enzyme activated by substrate presentation that in humans and other animals is encoded by the FURIN gene. Some proteins are inactive when they are first synthesized, and must have sections removed in order to become active. Furin cleaves these sections and activates the proteins. It was named furin because it was in the…

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3.4.21.75
Aliases
FURIN, FUR, PACE, PCSK3, SPC1, furin, paired basic amino acid cleaving enzyme
Available structures
Available structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes4OMC, 4OMD, 4RYD, 4Z2A
Band
15q26.1 · 7 D2|7 45.65 cM
Bgee
right lobe of liver · body of pancreas · right lung · right lobe of thyroid gland · left lobe of thyroid gland
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Furin

Nodes44
Edges43
Triples168
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.045455
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Gene ontology · 57
Furin → cell population proliferation, cell surface, collagen catabolic process, cornification, dibasic protein processing, endopeptidase activity, endoplasmic reticulum, endosome, endosome membrane, extracellular exosome, extracellular matrix disassembly, extracellular matrix organization, extracellular region, extracellular space, Golgi apparatus, Golgi lumen, Golgi membrane, hydrolase activity, integral component of Golgi membrane, integral component of membrane
Bgee · 20
Furin → anterior pituitary, apex of heart, body of pancreas, corneal stroma, epithelium of stomach, extensor digitorum longus muscle, granulocyte, Ileal epithelium, lactiferous gland, left lobe of thyroid gland, lip, parotid gland, right kidney, right lobe of liver, right lobe of thyroid gland, right lung, salivary gland, secondary oocyte, skin of leg, upper lobe of left lung
RNA expression pattern · 20
Furin → anterior pituitary, apex of heart, body of pancreas, corneal stroma, epithelium of stomach, extensor digitorum longus muscle, granulocyte, Ileal epithelium, lactiferous gland, left lobe of thyroid gland, lip, parotid gland, right kidney, right lobe of liver, right lobe of thyroid gland, right lung, salivary gland, secondary oocyte, skin of leg, upper lobe of left lung
related to Function · 15
Furin → Both, COOH-terminus, Ganz, HJV, HJV/hemojuvelin, PiTou, PPC, ProP, RGMc, RNRR, Rotwein, Some, The, This, Willebrand
related to Clinical significance · 13
Furin → Arg, Arg-X, Arg/Lys, For, Golgi, HIV, In, S1, S2, SARS-CoV-2, The, This, When SARS-CoV-2
related to External links · 8
Furin → Human Furin, Mouse Furin, Overview, P09958, P23188, PDB, PDBe-KB, UniProt
Band · 2
Furin → 15q26.1, 7 D2|7 45.65 cM
Chr. · 2
Furin → Chromosome 15 (human), Chromosome 7 (mouse)
End · 2
Furin → 80,055,184 bp, 90,883,458 bp
is a · 2
Furin → protease, subtilisin-like peptidase

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gene protein proteins bp human chr enzyme band region chromosome 15 known basic amino acid precursor also protease mouse fes

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Furin3.4.21.751.00infobox
FurinAliasesFURIN, FUR, PACE, PCSK3, SPC1, furin, paired basic amino acid cleaving enzyme1.00infobox
FurinAvailable structuresAvailable structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes4OMC, 4OMD, 4RYD, 4Z2A1.00infobox
FurinBand15q26.11.00infobox
FurinBand7 D2|7 45.65 cM1.00infobox
FurinBgeeright lobe of liver1.00infobox
FurinBgeebody of pancreas1.00infobox
FurinBgeeright lung1.00infobox
FurinBgeeright lobe of thyroid gland1.00infobox
FurinBgeeleft lobe of thyroid gland1.00infobox
FurinBgeeapex of heart1.00infobox
FurinBgeeskin of leg1.00infobox
FurinBgeeupper lobe of left lung1.00infobox
FurinBgeesalivary gland1.00infobox
FurinBgeeanterior pituitary1.00infobox
FurinBgeeepithelium of stomach1.00infobox
FurinBgeeIleal epithelium1.00infobox
FurinBgeeparotid gland1.00infobox
FurinBgeegranulocyte1.00infobox
FurinBgeelip1.00infobox
FurinBgeeright kidney1.00infobox
FurinBgeelactiferous gland1.00infobox
FurinBgeecorneal stroma1.00infobox
FurinBgeeextensor digitorum longus muscle1.00infobox
FurinBgeesecondary oocyte1.00infobox
FurinBioGPSMore reference expression data1.00infobox
FurinChr.Chromosome 15 (human)1.00infobox
FurinChr.Chromosome 7 (mouse)1.00infobox
FurinDatabasesNCBI: entry; OMA: entry1.00infobox
FurinEnd90,883,458 bp1.00infobox

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