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Symbol DPP6 contributors: mct/npt - updated : 23-04-2009
HGNC name dipeptidylpeptidase 6
HGNC id 3010
Corresponding disease
MRD33 mental retardation, autosomal dominant 33
Location 7q36.2      Physical location : 153.584.418 - 154.685.994
Synonym name
  • CD26-related dipeptidyl aminopeptidase-like protein
  • dipeptidylpeptidase VI
  • dipeptidylpeptidase 6
  • Synonym symbol(s) DPPX, MGC46605
    EC.number 3.4.14.6
    DNA
    TYPE functioning gene
    STRUCTURE 936.22 kb     26 Exon(s)
    10 Kb 5' upstream gene genomic sequence study
    MAPPING cloned Y linked N status provisional
    RNA
    TRANSCRIPTS type messenger
    identificationnb exonstypebpproduct
    ProteinkDaAAspecific expressionYearPubmed
    28 - 4542 97.5 865 prominently expressed in brain regions where Kv4 subunits are also expressed Yokotani, Jerng, Strop (2004), Nadal (2006)
    - - 4460 - 803 prominently expressed in brain regions where Kv4 subunits are also expressed Yokotani, Jerng, Strop (2004), Nadal (2006)
    5 - 4571 - 801 prominently expressed in brain regions where Kv4 subunits are also expressed Jerng, Strop (2004), Nadal (2006)
    EXPRESSION
    Type
       expressed in (based on citations)
    organ(s)
    SystemOrgan level 1Organ level 2Organ level 3Organ level 4LevelPubmedSpeciesStageRna symbol
    Cardiovascularheart   predominantly
    Nervousbrain    
    cell lineage
    cell lines
    fluid/secretion
    at STAGE
    PROTEIN
    PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
    STRUCTURE
    motifs/domains
  • an additional serine near the "active" site
  • mono polymer dimer
    HOMOLOGY
    intraspecies homolog to dipeptidylpeptidase
    homolog to the related protein DPP-IV
    Homologene
    FAMILY
  • peptidase family S9B
  • dipeptidyl aminopeptidase family
  • CATEGORY enzyme
    SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION     plasma membrane
        intracellular
    intracellular,cytoplasm
    basic FUNCTION
  • may be involved in the physiological processes of brain function
  • essential component of the native cardiac I(to) channel complex in heart (Radicke 2005)
  • CELLULAR PROCESS
    PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS
    PATHWAY
    metabolism
    signaling
    a component
  • putative component of the transient outward current in the heart (Alders 2009)
  • INTERACTION
    DNA
    RNA
    small molecule
    protein
    cell & other
    REGULATION
    ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
    corresponding disease(s) MRD33
    Other morbid association(s)
    TypeGene ModificationChromosome rearrangementProtein expressionProtein Function
    constitutional     --over  
    in Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation (see VFI1) (Alders 2009)
    Susceptibility to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
    Variant & Polymorphism SNP strongly associated with susceptibility to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Dupre 20098)
    Candidate gene
    Marker
    Therapy target
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS