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Gene information for KLK8 (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID11202
Official gene symbolKLK8
Full namekallikrein-related peptidase 8
Aliases,HNP,NP,NRPN,PRSS19,TADG14,
Gene summaryKallikreins 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. Alternate splicing of this gene results in four transcript variants encoding four different isoforms. The isoforms exhibit distinct patterns of expression that suggest roles in brain plasticity and ovarian cancer. [provided by RefSeq]
LocationChromosome: 19   Locus: 19q13.3-q13.4
Gene position51504958 - 51499264  Map Viewer
Gene orientationminus
Gene size5695 bp
Gene sequence
OMIM ID605644