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Symbol PCSK5 contributors: mct/npt - updated : 25-05-2018
HGNC name proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 5
HGNC id 8747
ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
corresponding disease(s)
Other morbid association(s)
TypeGene ModificationChromosome rearrangementProtein expressionProtein Function
constitutional     --low  
downregulation of PCSK5 during cloaca development into the rectum and urethra might be related to the formation of anorectal malformations (ARM)
constitutional germinal mutation      
in a patient with the VACTERL association
Susceptibility
Variant & Polymorphism
Candidate gene
Marker
Therapy target
ANIMAL & CELL MODELS
  • mouse mutation (Vcc) with a pleiotropic phenotype type VACTERL that includes cardiac, tracheoesophageal, anorectal, anteroposterior patterning defects, exomphalos, hindlimb hypoplasia, a presacral mass, renal and palatal agenesis, and pulmonary hypoplasia, resulting from a C470R mutation in the proprotein convertase Pcsk5