Furin is the major proprotein convertase required for KISS1-to-Kisspeptin processing.

KISS1 is a broadly functional secreted proprotein that is then processed into small peptides, termed kisspeptins (KP). Since sequence analysis showed cleavage at KR or RR dibasic sites of the nascent protein, it was hypothesized that enzyme(s) belonging to the proprotein convertase family of proteas...

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Main Authors: Sitaram Harihar, Keke M Pounds, Tomoo Iwakuma, Nabil G Seidah, Danny R Welch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3890299?pdf=render