QPCT – Wikipedia

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Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

QPCT
Protein QPCT PDB 2afm.png
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Identifiers
Aliases QPCT, GCT, QC, sQC, glutaminyl-peptide cyclotransferase
External IDs OMIM: 607065 MGI: 1917786 HomoloGene: 8238 GeneCards: QPCT
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Glutaminyl-peptide cyclotransferase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the QPCT gene.[5][6]

This gene encodes human pituitary glutaminyl cyclase, which is responsible for the presence of pyroglutamyl residues in many neuroendocrine peptides. The amino acid sequence of this enzyme is 86% identical to that of bovine glutaminyl cyclase.[6]

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