Acrosin

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acrosin
Identifiers
Symbol ACR
Entrez 49
HUGO 126
OMIM 102480
RefSeq NM_001097
UniProt P10323
Other data
EC number 3.4.21.10
Locus Chr. 22 q13.3

Acrosin (EC 3.4.21.10) is a digestive enzyme that acts as a protease.

Acrosin is released from the acrosome of spermatozoa as a consequence of the acrosome reaction.

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  • MeSH Acrosin


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Endopeptidases: serine proteases/serine endopeptidases (EC 3.4.21)
Digestive enzymes
Enteropeptidase - Trypsin - Chymotrypsin - Elastase (Neutrophil, Pancreatic)
Coagulation
factors: Thrombin - Factor VIIa - Factor IXa - Factor Xa - Factor XIa - Factor XIIa - Kallikrein (PSA)
fibrinolysis: Plasmin - Tissue plasminogen activator - Urinary plasminogen activator
Complement system
Factor B - Factor D - Factor I - MASP (MASP1, MASP2) - C3-convertase
Other immune system
Chymase - Granzyme - Tryptase - Proteinase 3/Myeloblastin
Venombin
Ancrod - Batroxobin
Other
Acrosin - Prolyl endopeptidase - Pronase - Proprotein convertases (1, 2) - Subtilisin/Furin - Streptokinase - S1P
Categories: Genes on chromosome 22 | EC 3.4.21 | Hydrolase stubs
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