5ce1

Structural highlights

Function

HEPS_HUMAN Plays an essential role in cell growth and maintenance of cell morphology. May mediate the activating cleavage of HGF and MST1/HGFL.^{[1] [2]}

References

1. ↑ Ganesan R, Kolumam GA, Lin SJ, Xie MH, Santell L, Wu TD, Lazarus RA, Chaudhuri A, Kirchhofer D. Proteolytic activation of pro-macrophage-stimulating protein by hepsin. Mol Cancer Res. 2011 Sep;9(9):1175-86. doi: 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-11-0004. Epub, 2011 Aug 29. PMID:21875933 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-11-0004
2. ↑ Herter S, Piper DE, Aaron W, Gabriele T, Cutler G, Cao P, Bhatt AS, Choe Y, Craik CS, Walker N, Meininger D, Hoey T, Austin RJ. Hepatocyte growth factor is a preferred in vitro substrate for human hepsin, a membrane-anchored serine protease implicated in prostate and ovarian cancers. Biochem J. 2005 Aug 15;390(Pt 1):125-36. PMID:15839837 doi:10.1042/BJ20041955