KLK5
Sign in to saveAlso known as KLK-L2, KLKL2, SCTE, kallikrein related peptidase 5
Kallikrein-5, formerly known as stratum corneum tryptic enzyme (SCTE), is a serine protease expressed in the epidermis. In humans it is encoded by the KLK5 gene. This gene is one of the fifteen kallikrein subfamily members located in a cluster on chromosome 19. Its expression is up-regulated by estrogens and progestins. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding the same protein.
Gene data
KLK5- Name
- kallikrein related peptidase 5
- Type
- protein-coding
- Position
- 50,943,299–50,953,314 (−)
- Aliases
- KLK-L2, KLKL2, SCTE
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000167754
- RefSeq RNA
- NM_001077491.2, NM_001077492.2, NM_012427.5, XM_011526702.2, XM_011526703.3
- RefSeq protein
- NP_001070959.1, NP_001070960.1, NP_036559.1, XP_011525004.1, XP_011525005.1
Kallikreins are a subgroup of serine proteases having diverse physiological functions. Growing evidence suggests that many kallikreins are implicated in carcinogenesis and some have potential as novel cancer and other disease biomarkers. This gene is one of the fifteen kallikrein subfamily members located in a cluster on chromosome 19. Its expression is up-regulated by estrogens and progestins. The encoded protein is secreted and may be involved in desquamation in the epidermis. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding the same protein. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].
Gene Ontology
Biological process
Molecular function
Pathways
via MyGene.info
Gene · Ensembl
kallikrein related peptidase 5
- Symbol
- KLK5
- Biotype
- Protein coding
- Organism
- Homo sapiens
- Location
- 19:50,943,249-50,953,314
- Strand
- Reverse (−)
- Assembly
- GRCh38
via Ensembl · EMBL-EBI
Wikidata facts
- Image
- KLK5.png
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- HomoloGene ID
- 75000
- exact match
- identifiers.org/ncbigene/25818
- genomic end
- 51456349
- genomic start
- 51446559
- cytogenetic location
- 19q13.41
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Kallikrein-5, formerly known as stratum corneum tryptic enzyme (SCTE), is a serine protease expressed in the epidermis. In humans it is encoded by the KLK5 gene. This gene is one of the fifteen kallikrein subfamily members located in a cluster on chromosome 19. Its expression is up-regulated by estrogens and progestins. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding the same protein.
KLK5 has been suggested to regulate cell shedding (desquamation) in conjunction with KLK7 and KLK14, given its ability to degrade proteins which form the extracellular component of cell junctions in the stratum corneum. It is proposed that KLK5 regulates this process since it is able to self-activate in addition to activating KLK7 and KLK14.