thymus-specific serine protease; serine protease 16 (PRSS16, TSSP)

Function

• serine protease
• may play a role in T-cell development

Structure

• belongs to the peptidase S28 family

Compartment

• cytoplasmic vesicle
• vesicular, either lysosomal or endosomal

Expression

• expressed predominantly in cortical thymic epithelial cells
• expressed in fetal thymus

More general terms

• serine protease
• glycoprotein

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=10279
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:10279
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/607169
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9NQE7.html