Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 6 is an protease that in humans is encoded by the PCSK6gene which is located in chromosome 15.[5][6] Pcsk6 is a calcium-dependent serine endoprotease that catalyzes the post-translational modification of precursor proteins from its ‘latent’ form to the cleaved ‘active’ form.[5] Active Pcsk6 has been reported to process substrates such as transforming growth factor β,[7] pro-albumin,[8] von Willebrand factor,[9] and corin.[10] Clinically, Pcsk6 is suggested to play a role in left/right asymmetry,[11] structural asymmetry of the brain,[12] handedness,[13][14][15] tumor progression,[16] hemostasis,[9][8][7] and cardiovascular diseases.[10][17]
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^ abMori, K.; Imamaki, A.; Nagata, K.; Yonetomi, Y.; Kiyokage-Yoshimoto, R.; Martin, T. J.; Gillespie, M. T.; Nagahama, M.; Tsuji, A.; Matsuda, Y. (1999-03-01). "Subtilisin-Like Proprotein Convertases, PACE4 and PC8, as Well as Furin, are Endogenous Proalbumin Convertases in HepG2 Cells". Journal of Biochemistry. 125 (3): 627–633. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022329. ISSN0021-924X. PMID10050053.
^ abRehemtulla, Alnawaz; Barr, Philip J.; Rhodes, Christopher J.; Kaufman, Randal J. (1993-01-26). "PACE4 is a member of the mammalian propeptidase family that has overlapping but not identical substrate specificity to PACE". Biochemistry. 32 (43): 11586–11590. doi:10.1021/bi00094a015. ISSN0006-2960. PMID8218226.
^Berretz, Gesa; Arning, Larissa; Gerding, Wanda M.; Friedrich, Patrick; Fraenz, Christoph; Schlüter, Caroline; Epplen, Jörg T.; Güntürkün, Onur; Beste, Christian; Genç, Erhan; Ocklenburg, Sebastian (2019-05-21). "Structural Asymmetry in the Frontal and Temporal Lobes Is Associated with PCSK6 VNTR Polymorphism". Molecular Neurobiology. 56 (11): 7765–7773. doi:10.1007/s12035-019-01646-1. ISSN0893-7648. PMID31115778. S2CID160009569.
^Robinson, Kelsey J.; Hurd, Peter L.; Read, Silven; Crespi, Bernard J. (April 2016). "The PCSK6 gene is associated with handedness, the autism spectrum, and magical ideation in a non-clinical population". Neuropsychologia. 84: 205–212. doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.02.020. ISSN0028-3932. PMID26921480. S2CID6142024.