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pro·pro·tein con·ver·tase 1

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  1. Proprotein convertase 1

    Proprotein convertase 1, also known as prohormone convertase, prohormone convertase 3, or neuroendocrine convertase 1 and often abbreviated as PC1/3 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PCSK1 gene. PCSK1 and PCSK2 differentially cleave proopiomelanocortin and they act together to process proinsulin and proglucagon in pancreatic islets.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Proprotein Convertase 1

    A CALCIUM-dependent endopeptidase that has specificity for cleavage at ARGININE that is near paired basic residues. It cleaves a variety of prohormones including PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; PRORENIN; proenkephalins; prodynorphin; prosomatostatin; and PROINSULIN.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of proprotein convertase 1 in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of proprotein convertase 1 in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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