PCSK2 Antibody – Rabbit Polyclonal

This gene encodes a member of the subtilisin-like proprotein convertase family, which includes proteases that process protein and peptide precursors trafficking through regulated or constitutive branches of the secretory pathway. The protein undergoes an initial autocatalytic processing event and interacts with a neuroendocrine secretory protein in the ER, exits the ER and sorts to secretory granules, where it is cleaved and catalytically activated during intracellular transport. The encoded protease is packaged into and activated in dense core secretory granules and expressed in the neuroendocrine system and brain. This gene encodes one of the seven basic amino acid-specific members which cleave their substrates at single or paired basic residues. It functions in the proteolytic activation of polypeptide hormones and neuropeptides precursors. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in this gene may increase susceptibility to myocardial infarction and type 2 diabetes. This gene may also play a role in tumor development and progression. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding multiple isoforms have been observed for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2014]

PCSK2: Involved in the processing of hormone and other protein precursors at sites comprised of pairs of basic amino acid residues. Belongs to the peptidase S8 family. Furin subfamily. 2 isoforms of the human protein are produced by alternative splicing.

Protein type: Protease; EC 3.4.21.94

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 20p11.2

Cellular Component: extracellular space; transport vesicle; membrane; dendrite; perikaryon

Molecular Function: protein binding; serine-type endopeptidase activity; protein complex binding

Biological Process: insulin processing; nervous system development; protein autoprocessing; cellular protein metabolic process; proteolysis