"Proprotein Convertase 2" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A serine endopeptidase that has specificity for cleavage at ARGININE. It cleaves a variety of prohormones including PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN, proluteinizing-hormone-releasing hormone, proenkephalins, prodynorphin, and PROINSULIN.
| Descriptor ID |
D045706
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.656.300.760.646 D08.811.277.656.837.562 D08.811.277.656.959.350.646
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| Concept/Terms |
Proprotein Convertase 2- Proprotein Convertase 2
- PC2 Prohormone Convertase
- PC2 Protein
- Endopeptidase PC2
- PC2, Endopeptidase
- Prohormone Convertase 2
- Convertase 2, Prohormone
- Prohormone Convertase PC2
- Convertase PC2, Prohormone
- Proinsulin Convertase 2
- Convertase 2, Proinsulin
- Prohormone Convertase, PC2
- Convertase, PC2 Prohormone
- PC2 Endoprotease
- Endoprotease, PC2
- Neuroendocrine Convertase PC2
- Convertase PC2, Neuroendocrine
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Proprotein Convertase 2" by people in Profiles.
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Expression of proopiomelanocortin and prohormone convertase-1 and -2 in the late gestation fetal sheep pituitary. Endocrinology. 1998 Dec; 139(12):5135-43.