Plays an essential role in pregnancy establishment by proteolytic activation of a number of important factors such as BMP2, CALD1 and alpha-integrins. Likely to represent a widespread endoprotease activity within the constitutive and regulated secretory pathway. Capable of cleavage at the RX(K,R)R consensus motif. May be responsible for the maturation of gastrointestinal peptides. May be involved in the cellular proliferation of adrenal cortex via the activation of growth factors (By similarity).
"The isoforms of proprotein convertase PC5 are sorted to different subcellular compartments."De Bie I., Marcinkiewicz M., Malide D., Lazure C., Nakayama K., Bendayan M., Seidah N.G.J. Cell Biol. 135:1261-1275(1996)
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