serine carboxypeptidase CPVL (carboxypeptidase, vitellogenic-like; vitellogenic carboxypeptidase- like protein; VCP-like proteinl; HVLP; CPVL; VL;P PSEC0124; UNQ197/PRO223)

Function

• role in digestion of phagocytosedparticles in lysosomes, participation in an inflammatory protease cascade, & trimming of peptides for antigen presentation (putative)

Structure

• belongs to the peptidase S10 family

Expression

• expressed in macrophages, but not in other leukocytes?
• expressed in heart, kidney > spleen, leukocytes, placenta

More general terms

• carboxypeptidase
• glycoprotein

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9H3G5.html