CPA4 (gene)

CPA4
Available structures
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Identifiers
Aliases CPA4, CPA3, carboxypeptidase A4
External IDs MGI: 1919041 HomoloGene: 56753 GeneCards: CPA4
RNA expression pattern


More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

51200

71791

Ensembl

ENSG00000128510

ENSMUSG00000039070

UniProt

Q9UI42

Q6P8K8

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_016352
NM_001163446

NM_027926

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001156918.1
NP_057436.2

NP_082202.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 7: 130.29 – 130.32 Mb Chr 6: 30.57 – 30.59 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
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Carboxypeptidase A4 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CPA4 gene.[3][4][5]

This gene is a member of the carboxypeptidase A/B subfamily, and it is located in a cluster with three other family members on chromosome 7. Carboxypeptidases are zinc-containing exopeptidases that catalyze the release of carboxy-terminal amino acids, and are synthesized as zymogens that are activated by proteolytic cleavage. This gene could be involved in the histone hyperacetylation pathway. It is imprinted and may be a strong candidate gene for prostate cancer aggressiveness.[5]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Huang H, Reed CP, Zhang JS, Shridhar V, Wang L, Smith DI (Jul 1999). "Carboxypeptidase A3 (CPA3): a novel gene highly induced by histone deacetylase inhibitors during differentiation of prostate epithelial cancer cells". Cancer Res. 59 (12): 2981–8. PMID 10383164.
  4. Hayashida S, Yamasaki K, Asada Y, Soeda E, Niikawa N, Kishino T (Aug 2000). "Construction of a physical and transcript map flanking the imprinted MEST/PEG1 region at 7q32". Genomics. 66 (2): 221–5. doi:10.1006/geno.2000.6206. PMID 10860668.
  5. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: CPA4 carboxypeptidase A4".

Further reading


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