Procollagen N-Endopeptidase
"Procollagen N-Endopeptidase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An extracellular endopeptidase which excises a block of peptides at the amino terminal, nonhelical region of the procollagen molecule with the formation of collagen. Absence or deficiency of the enzyme causes accumulation of procollagen which results in the inherited connective tissue disorder--dermatosparaxis. EC 3.4.24.14.
| Descriptor ID |
D011348
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.656.300.480.664 D08.811.277.656.675.374.664
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| Concept/Terms |
Procollagen N-Endopeptidase- Procollagen N-Endopeptidase
- Procollagen N Endopeptidase
- Procollagen N-Proteinase
- Procollagen N Proteinase
- Procollagen Peptidase
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Rare and low-frequency coding variants alter human adult height. Nature. 2017 02 09; 542(7640):186-190.