Stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme

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Stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme
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EC no. 3.4.21.117
CAS no. 155215-90-0
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Stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme (EC 3.4.21.117, kallikrein 7, SCCE, KLK7 , PRSS6, hK7) is an enzyme. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

Cleavage of proteins with aromatic side chains in the P1 position

This enzyme has wide substrate specificity.

References

  1. Skytt A, Strömqvist M, Egelrud T (June 1995). "Primary substrate specificity of recombinant human stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 211 (2): 586–9. Bibcode:1995BBRC..211..586S. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1995.1853. PMID   7794273.
  2. Egelrud T (August 1993). "Purification and preliminary characterization of stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme: a proteinase that may be involved in desquamation". The Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 101 (2): 200–4. doi: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12363804 . PMID   8393902.
  3. Hansson L, Strömqvist M, Bäckman A, Wallbrandt P, Carlstein A, Egelrud T (July 1994). "Cloning, expression, and characterization of stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme. A skin-specific human serine proteinase". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 269 (30): 19420–6. doi: 10.1016/S0021-9258(17)32185-3 . PMID   8034709.
  4. Yousef GM, Scorilas A, Magklara A, Soosaipillai A, Diamandis EP (August 2000). "The KLK7 (PRSS6) gene, encoding for the stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme is a new member of the human kallikrein gene family - genomic characterization, mapping, tissue expression and hormonal regulation". Gene. 254 (1–2): 119–28. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00280-8. PMID   10974542.
  5. Vasilopoulos Y, Cork MJ, Murphy R, Williams HC, Robinson DA, Duff GW, Ward SJ, Tazi-Ahnini R (July 2004). "Genetic association between an AACC insertion in the 3'UTR of the stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme gene and atopic dermatitis". The Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 123 (1): 62–6. doi: 10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22708.x . PMID   15191543.