A family of trypsin-like SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES that are expressed in a variety of cell types including human prostate epithelial cells. They are formed from tissue prokallikrein by action with TRYPSIN. They are highly similar to PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN.

Synonyms: Tissue Kallikrein, Specific Kallikrein, Prostate, Glandular Kallikreins, Human, Kallikreins, Human Glandular, hK1 Kallikrein, Kallikrein, Glandular, Kallikrein, Pancreatic, Kallikrein, Prostate Specific, Kallikreins, Tissue, Human Glandular Kallikreins, Human Glandular Kallikrein 1, Human Glandular Kallikrein 2, Glandular Kallikrein, hK2 Kallikrein, Kallikrein, Urinary, Glandular Kallikrein 1, EC 3.4.21.35, Kallikrein 1, Kallikrein 2, 0, Kallikrein-1, Glandular, Kallikrein, hK2, Urinary Kallikrein, Kallikrein, hK1, Kallikrein, Tissue, Pancreatic Kallikrein, Glandular Kallikrein-1, Tissue Kallikreins, Prostate Specific Kallikrein

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2000; TISSUE KALLIKREIN was indexed under KALLIKREIN 1983-1999 & PEPTIDE PEPTIDOHYDROLASES 1982-1983 ,2000; use TISSUE KALLIKREIN (NM) 1983-1999 ,do not confuse PROSTATE SPECIFIC KALLIKREIN with PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN

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D020840