Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Thymus-specific serine protease is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PRSS16 gene .
This gene encodes a serine protease expressed exclusively in the thymus . It is thought to play a role in the alternative antigen presenting pathway used by cortical thymic epithelial cells during the positive selection of T cells.
The gene is found in the large histone gene cluster on chromosome 6 , near the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I region. A second transcript variant has been described, but its full length nature has not been determined.
References
^ GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000112812 – Ensembl , May 2017
^ GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000006179 – Ensembl , May 2017
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Bowlus CL, Ahn J, Chu T, Gruen JR (Nov 1999). "Cloning of a novel MHC-encoded serine peptidase highly expressed by cortical epithelial cells of the thymus". Cellular Immunology . 196 (2): 80–6. doi :10.1006/cimm.1999.1543 . PMID 10527559 .
^ "Entrez Gene: PRSS16 protease, serine, 16 (thymus)" .
Further reading
Lie BA, Viken MK, Akselsen HE, et al. (2007). "Association analysis in type 1 diabetes of the PRSS16 gene encoding a thymus-specific serine protease". Hum. Immunol . 68 (7): 592–8. doi :10.1016/j.humimm.2007.03.009 . PMID 17584581 .
Luther C, Wienhold W, Oehlmann R, et al. (2005). "Alternatively spliced transcripts of the thymus-specific protease PRSS16 are differentially expressed in human thymus" . Genes Immun . 6 (1): 1–7. doi :10.1038/sj.gene.6364142 . PMID 15592422 .
Ota T, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa T, et al. (2004). "Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs" . Nat. Genet . 36 (1): 40–5. doi :10.1038/ng1285 . PMID 14702039 .
Mungall AJ, Palmer SA, Sims SK, et al. (2003). "The DNA sequence and analysis of human chromosome 6" . Nature . 425 (6960): 805–11. doi :10.1038/nature02055 . PMID 14574404 .
Lie BA, Akselsen HE, Bowlus CL, et al. (2003). "Polymorphisms in the gene encoding thymus-specific serine protease in the extended HLA complex: a potential candidate gene for autoimmune and HLA-associated diseases" . Genes Immun . 3 (5): 306–12. doi :10.1038/sj.gene.6363858 . PMID 12140752 .
Gruen JR, Nalabolu SR, Chu TW, et al. (1997). "A transcription map of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I region" . Genomics . 36 (1): 70–85. doi :10.1006/geno.1996.0427 . PMID 8812418 .
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