Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Homo sapiens | O15393 | - |
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Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
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TMPRSS2 | - |
Homo sapiens |
Organism | Comment | Expression |
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Homo sapiens | deficiency or pharmacological inhibition of the cellular lysine-methyltransferase SMYD2 decreases TMPRSS2 expression on both mRNA and protein levels | down |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
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physiological function | SARS-CoV-2 uses TMPRSS2 for priming its spike protein to infect target cells. SMYD2 inhibition downregulates TMPRSS2 and blocks viral replication | Homo sapiens |