Gene Review:
Pcsk6 - proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 6
Mus musculus
Synonyms:
C86343, PACE4, Pace4, SPC4
- PACE4 expression in mouse basal keratinocytes results in basement membrane disruption and acceleration of tumor progression. Bassi, D.E., Lopez De Cicco, R., Cenna, J., Litwin, S., Cukierman, E., Klein-Szanto, A.J. Cancer Res. (2005)
- SPC4/PACE4 regulates a TGFbeta signaling network during axis formation. Constam, D.B., Robertson, E.J. Genes Dev. (2000)
- Extraembryonic proteases regulate Nodal signalling during gastrulation. Beck, S., Le Good, J.A., Guzman, M., Ben Haim, N., Roy, K., Beermann, F., Constam, D.B. Nat. Cell Biol. (2002)
- SPC4, SPC6, and the novel protease SPC7 are coexpressed with bone morphogenetic proteins at distinct sites during embryogenesis. Constam, D.B., Calfon, M., Robertson, E.J. J. Cell Biol. (1996)
- Chromosomal assignment of the genes for proprotein convertases PC4, PC5, and PACE 4 in mouse and human. Mbikay, M., Seidah, N.G., Chrétien, M., Simpson, E.M. Genomics (1995)
- PACE4: a subtilisin-like endoprotease prevalent in the anterior pituitary and regulated by thyroid status. Johnson, R.C., Darlington, D.N., Hand, T.A., Bloomquist, B.T., Mains, R.E. Endocrinology (1994)
- The family of subtilisin/kexin like pro-protein and pro-hormone convertases: divergent or shared functions. Seidah, N.G., Chrétien, M., Day, R. Biochimie (1994)
- Identification and functional expression of a new member of the mammalian Kex2-like processing endoprotease family: its striking structural similarity to PACE4. Nakagawa, T., Hosaka, M., Torii, S., Watanabe, T., Murakami, K., Nakayama, K. J. Biochem. (1993)
- Polyarginines are potent furin inhibitors. Cameron, A., Appel, J., Houghten, R.A., Lindberg, I. J. Biol. Chem. (2000)
- Malignant conversion of non-tumorigenic murine skin keratinocytes overexpressing PACE4. Mahloogi, H., Bassi, D.E., Klein-Szanto, A.J. Carcinogenesis (2002)
- Proteolytic processing of chromogranin B and secretogranin II by prohormone convertases. Laslop, A., Weiss, C., Savaria, D., Eiter, C., Tooze, S.A., Seidah, N.G., Winkler, H. J. Neurochem. (1998)
- RNAi-mediated silencing of prohormone convertase (PC) 5/6 expression leads to impairment in processing of cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) precursor. Stein, J., Shah, R., Steiner, D.F., Dey, A. Biochem. J. (2006)