TMPRSS3

TMPRSS3

TMPRSS3

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


Transmembrane protease, serine 3 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the TMPRSS3 gene.[5][6][7]

Quick Facts Identifiers, Aliases ...

Function

This gene encodes a member of the serine protease family. The encoded protein contains a serine protease domain, a transmembrane domain, an LDL receptor class A domain, and a scavenger receptor cysteine-rich domain. Serine proteases are known to be involved in a variety of biological processes, whose malfunction often leads to human diseases and disorders. This gene was identified by its association with both congenital and childhood onset autosomal recessive deafness. This gene is expressed in fetal cochlea and many other tissues, and is thought to be involved in the development and maintenance of the inner ear or the contents of the perilymph and endolymph. This gene was also identified as a tumor associated gene that is overexpressed in ovarian tumors. Four alternatively spliced variants have been described, two of which encode identical products.[7]

See also


References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. Masmoudi S, Antonarakis SE, Schwede T, Ghorbel AM, Gratri M, Pappasavas MP, Drira M, Elgaied-Boulila A, Wattenhofer M, Rossier C, Scott HS, Ayadi H, Guipponi M (Jul 2001). "Novel missense mutations of TMPRSS3 in two consanguineous Tunisian families with non-syndromic autosomal recessive deafness". Hum Mutat. 18 (2): 101–8. doi:10.1002/humu.1159. PMID 11462234. S2CID 7917415.
  4. Wattenhofer M, Di Iorio MV, Rabionet R, Dougherty L, Pampanos A, Schwede T, Montserrat-Sentis B, Arbones ML, Iliades T, Pasquadibisceglie A, D'Amelio M, Alwan S, Rossier C, Dahl HH, Petersen MB, Estivill X, Gasparini P, Scott HS, Antonarakis SE (Mar 2002). "Mutations in the TMPRSS3 gene are a rare cause of childhood nonsyndromic deafness in Caucasian patients". J Mol Med. 80 (2): 124–31. doi:10.1007/s00109-001-0310-6. PMID 11907649. S2CID 8185405.

Further reading



Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article TMPRSS3, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.