HGFAC

Protein-coding gene in humans

HGFAC

Available structures

PDB

Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB

List of PDB id codes
1YBW, 1YC0, 2R0K, 2R0L, 2WUB, 2WUC, 3K2U

Identifiers

Aliases

HGFAC, HGFA, HGF activator

External IDs

OMIM: 604552; MGI: 1859281; HomoloGene: 1170; GeneCards: HGFAC; OMA:HGFAC - orthologs

Gene location (Human)

Chr.	Chromosome 4 (human)^[1]

Band	4p16.3	Start	3,441,968 bp^[1]
Band	4p16.3	End	3,449,486 bp^[1]

Gene location (Mouse)

Chr.	Chromosome 5 (mouse)^[2]

Band	5\|5 B2	Start	35,198,853 bp^[2]
Band	5\|5 B2	End	35,205,805 bp^[2]

RNA expression pattern

Bgee

Human

Mouse (ortholog)

Top expressed in

right lobe of liver

right testis

left testis

right hemisphere of cerebellum

right uterine tube

ganglionic eminence

testicle

right frontal lobe

ventricular zone

anterior pituitary

Top expressed in

left lobe of liver

crypt of lieberkuhn of small intestine

large intestine

islet of Langerhans

left colon

duodenum

pyloric antrum

fetal liver hematopoietic progenitor cell

right kidney

jejunum

More reference expression data

BioGPS


More reference expression data

Gene ontology
Molecular function	peptidase activity serine-type peptidase activity serine-type endopeptidase activity hydrolase activity
Cellular component	extracellular region extracellular space cytosol rough endoplasmic reticulum
Biological process	proteolysis
Sources:Amigo / QuickGO

Orthologs

Species

Human

Mouse

Entrez


3083


54426

Ensembl


ENSG00000109758


ENSMUSG00000029102

UniProt


Q04756


Q9R098

RefSeq (mRNA)


NM_001297439 NM_001528


NM_019447

RefSeq (protein)


NP_001284368 NP_001519


NP_062320

Location (UCSC)

Chr 4: 3.44 – 3.45 Mb

Chr 5: 35.2 – 35.21 Mb

PubMed search

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Wikidata

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Hepatocyte growth factor activator is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HGFAC gene.^[5]^[6]^[7]

The protein encoded by this gene, belongs to peptidase family S1. It is first synthesized as an inactive single-chain precursor before being activated to a heterodimeric form by endoproteolytic processing. It acts as serine protease that converts hepatocyte growth factor to the active form.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000109758 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000029102 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ Miyazawa K, Shimomura T, Kitamura A, Kondo J, Morimoto Y, Kitamura N (Jun 1993). "Molecular Cloning and Sequence Analysis of the cDNA for a Human Serine Protease Responsible for Activation of Hepatocyte Growth Factor. Structural similarity of the protease precursor to blood coagulation factor XII". J Biol Chem. 268 (14): 10024–8. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)82167-6. PMID 7683665.
^ Shimomura T, Kondo J, Ochiai M, Naka D, Miyazawa K, Morimoto Y, Kitamura N (Dec 1993). "Activation of the zymogen of hepatocyte growth factor activator by thrombin". J Biol Chem. 268 (30): 22927–32. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)41615-8. PMID 8226803.
^ ^a ^b "Entrez Gene: HGFAC HGF activator".

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