Kallikreins are a subgroup of serine proteases having diverse physiological functions. Growing evidence suggests that many kallikreins are implicated in carcinogenesis and some have potential as novel cancer and other disease biomarkers. This gene is one of the fifteen kallikrein subfamily members located in a cluster on chromosome 19. Its expression is up-regulated by estrogens and progestins. The encoded protein is secreted and may be involved in desquamation in the epidermis. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding the same protein. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008],
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功能:
Function:May be involved in desquamation.,similarity:Belongs to the peptidase S1 family.,similarity:Belongs to the peptidase S1 family. Kallikrein subfamily.,similarity:Contains 1 peptidase S1 domain.,tissue specificity:Expressed in skin, breast, brain and testis.,
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细胞定位:
Secreted.
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组织表达:
Expressed in skin, breast, brain and testis. Expressed at the stratum granulosum of palmar skin.