FURIN wt Allele

**Semantic type:** Gene or Genome

**Definition:** Human FURIN wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 15q26.1 and is approximately 15 kb in length. This allele, which encodes furin protein, plays a role in the cleavage of proteins containing paired basic amino-acid residues to release mature proteins from their precursor proteins.

**Synonyms:** - FUR - Furin (Paired Basic Amino Acid Cleaving Enzyme) wt Allele - PACE Gene - PCSK3 - Paired Basic Amino Acid Cleaving Enzyme Gene - SPC1