DMWD contains 2 regions with significant homology to WD repeats. Northern blot analysis detected highest expression in mouse brain and testis, with...
Kisspeptin is a G-protein coupled receptor ligand for GPR54. Kiss1 was originally identified as a human metastasis suppressor gene that has the ability to...
Stem cell factor Receptor(SCFR;CD117), also called KIT or C-kit receptor, is a cytokine receptor expressed on the surface of hematopoietic stem cells as well...
Stem cell factor (SCF;MGF) is a cytokine which binds CD117 (c-Kit). SCF is also known as "steel factor" or "c-kit ligand". SCF exists in two forms, cell...
Klotho is a type-I membrane protein that is related to ?-glucuronidases. Reduced production of this protein has been observed in patients with chronic renal...
Erythroid Krüppel-like Factor (EKLF) is a transcription factor that is necessary for the proper maturation of erythroid (red blood) cells. The molecule has...
KLK1, or tissue kallikrein is a serine protease that generates Lys-bradykinin by specific proteolysis of kininogen-1. Kallikrein 1 is one of the fifteen...
Kallikrein-related peptidase 7, also known as KLK7, Kallikreins are a subgroup of serine proteases having diverse physiological functions. Growing evidence...
Human prostate-specific antigen (APS) is a kallikrein-like protease present in seminal plasma. It is a single-chain glycoprotein with a molecular mass of...
High molecular weight kininogen (HMWK) plays an important role in assembly of the plasma kallikrein -kinin system. The KNG1 gene generates both HMWK and low...
Keratin 18 is a type I cytokeratin. It is, together with its filament partner keratin 8, perhaps the most commonly found products of the intermediate...
Keratin, type I cytoskeletal 19 is a member of the keratin family. The keratins are intermediate filament proteins responsible for the structural integrity...
Keratin 9 is a type I cytokeratin. It is found only in the terminally differentiated epidermis of palms and soles. Mutations in the gene encoding this...
L1, also known as L1CAM, is a transmembrane protein; it is a neuronal cell adhesion molecule, member of the L1 protein family, of 200-220 kDa, and involved...
Laminin is a basement membrane protein composed of 3 nonidentical chains, A (400 kD), B1 (230 kD), and B2 (220 kD), which are arranged in a cross-shaped...
Components of the extracellular matrix exert myriad effects on tissues throughout the body. In particular, the laminins, a family of heterotrimeric...
Lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase is an enzyme that converts free cholesterol into cholesteryl ester (a more hydrophobic form of cholesterol), which is...
NGAL (neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin) belongs to the lipocalin family of proteins. These are typically small secreted proteins characterized by...
LDHB and peptidase B are linked (Santachiara et al., 1970) and both loci are on chromosome 12 (Chen et al., 1973). Kitamura et al. (1971) reported the first...
This protein belongs to the D-isomer specific 2-hydroxyacid dehydrogenase family. The similar protein in yeast has both D-lactate and D-glycerate...