Gastricsin

PGC
Available structures
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Identifiers
Aliases PGC, PEPC, PGII, gastricsin, progastricsin (pepsinogen C), progastricsin
External IDs MGI: 98909 HomoloGene: 55669 GeneCards: PGC
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

5225

109820

Ensembl

ENSG00000096088

ENSMUSG00000023987

UniProt

P20142

Q9D7R7

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_002630
NM_001166424

NM_025973

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001159896.1
NP_002621.1

NP_080249.2

Location (UCSC) Chr 6: 41.74 – 41.75 Mb Chr 17: 47.73 – 47.73 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
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Gastricsin also known as pepsinogen C is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PGC gene.[3][4][5][6]

Function

Gastricsin is an aspartic proteinase that belongs to the peptidase family A1. The encoded protein is a digestive enzyme that is produced in the stomach and constitutes a major component of the gastric mucosa. This protein is also secreted into the serum. This protein is synthesized as an inactive zymogen that includes a highly basic prosegment. This enzyme is converted into its active mature form at low pH by sequential cleavage of the prosegment that is carried out by the enzyme itself.[6]

Clinical significance

Polymorphisms in this gene are associated with susceptibility to gastric cancers. Serum levels of this enzyme are used as a biomarker for certain gastric diseases including Helicobacter pylori related gastritis.[6]

See also

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Hayano T, Sogawa K, Ichihara Y, Fujii-Kuriyama Y, Takahashi K (January 1988). "Primary structure of human pepsinogen C gene". J. Biol. Chem. 263 (3): 1382–5. PMID 3335549.
  4. Pals G, Azuma T, Mohandas TK, Bell GI, Bacon J, Samloff IM, Walz DA, Barr PJ, Taggart RT (February 1989). "Human pepsinogen C (progastricsin) polymorphism: evidence for a single locus located at 6p21.1-pter". Genomics. 4 (2): 137–48. doi:10.1016/0888-7543(89)90292-9. PMID 2567697.
  5. Taggart RT, Cass LG, Mohandas TK, Derby P, Barr PJ, Pals G, Bell GI (January 1989). "Human pepsinogen C (progastricsin). Isolation of cDNA clones, localization to chromosome 6, and sequence homology with pepsinogen A". J. Biol. Chem. 264 (1): 375–9. PMID 2909526.
  6. 1 2 3 "Entrez Gene: PGC progastricsin (pepsinogen C)".

Further reading

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