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  • Title: A novel transmembrane serine protease (TMPRSS3) overexpressed in pancreatic cancer.
    Author: Wallrapp C, Hähnel S, Müller-Pillasch F, Burghardt B, Iwamura T, Ruthenbürger M, Lerch MM, Adler G, Gress TM.
    Journal: Cancer Res; 2000 May 15; 60(10):2602-6. PubMed ID: 10825129.
    Abstract:
    We report the characterization of a novel serine protease of the chymotrypsin family, recently isolated by cDNA-representational difference analysis, as a gene overexpressed in pancreatic cancer. The 2.3-kb mRNA of the gene, named TMPRSS3, is strongly expressed in a subset of pancreatic cancer and various other cancer tissues, and its expression correlates with the metastatic potential of the clonal SUIT-2 pancreatic cancer cell lines. The deduced polypeptide sequence consists of 437 amino acids and exhibits all of the structural features characteristic of serine proteases with trypsin-like activity. TMPRSS3 is membrane bound with a NH2-terminal signal-anchor sequence and a glycosylated extracellular region containing the serine protease domain. Thus, TMPRSS3 is a novel membrane-bound serine protease overexpressed in cancer, which may be of importance for processes involved in metastasis formation and tumor invasion.
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