A Genomic Analysis of Rat Proteases and Protease Inhibitors

Table 2.

Classification of Rat-Specific Genes Whose Human Ortholog Has Been Inactivated by Mutation or is Absent


Process/protein

Gene

Rat locus

Human ortholog

Human locus
Digestion
   Chymosin Cymp 2q34 Inactive 1p13
   distal intestinal serine protease Disp 10q12 Inactive 16p13
   trypsin 10 Try10 4q23 Inactive 7q34
   trypsin 15 Try15 4q23 Inactive 7q34
   pancreatic elastase Ela1 7q35 Inactive 12q13
Reproduction
   fertilin-α Adam-1a 12q16 Inactive 12q24
   fertilin-α-b Adam-1b 12q16 Absent -
   cyritestin Adam-3b 16q12 Inactive 16q12
   ADAM4 Adam-4 6q24 Inactive 14q24
   ADAM4B Adam-4b 6q24 Inactive 14q24
   ADAM5 Adam-5 16q12 Inactive 8p11
   ADAM6 Adam-6 6q32 Inactive 14q24
   testases 1, 4, 5 Adam-24, -34, -35 16q12 Absent -
   testase 2 Adam-25 16q12 Inactive 8p22
   testis serine protease 3 Tessp3 8q32 Inactive 3p21
   testis serine protease 6 Tessp6 8q32 Inactive 3p21
   testicular serine protease 1 Tesp1 9q13 Absent -
   testicular serine protease 2 Tesp2 9q13 Inactive 2q21
   testicular serine protease 3 Tesp3 17p14 Inactive 9q22
   placental cathepsins (10 genes) Ctsj,m,q,q2,q21,r,1,2,6,7l 17p14 Absent -
   testins (3 genes) Cmb22,23,24 17p14 Absent -
   collagenase-like B Mcolb 8q11 Absent -
   implantation serine protease 2 Isp2 10q12 Absent -
   implantation serine protease 2L Isp2l 10q12 Inactive 16p13
   Ppnx Ppnx Xq14 Inactive Yp11
   glandular kallikreins (10 genes) rGk1-3,rGk7-12,K-32 1q21 Absent -
Host defense
   mast cell chymases (16 genes) Mcpt1,1l1,1l2,1l3,1l4,2,3,4,4l1, 8,8l1,8l2,8l3,9,rMcpt4,Rmcp1 15p13 Absent -
   granzymes (9 genes) Gzmbl1, bl2, cl1, cl2, cl3, n, o, Rnkp7, 7l 15p13 Absent -
   airway trypsin-like (3 genes)
Hatl1-3
14p21
Inactive
4q13
  • Protease genes are grouped according to their putative participation in three main biological processes.

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