KLK2
Available structures PDB Human UniProt search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes 4NFE, 4NFF
Identifiers
Aliases	KLK2, KLK2A2, hGK-1, hK2, kallikrein related peptidase 2
External IDs	OMIM: 147960 HomoloGene: 124422 GeneCards: KLK2
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 19 (human)[1] Band 19q13.33 Start 50,861,568 bp[1] End 50,880,567 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in prostate sperm left lobe of thyroid gland right lobe of thyroid gland thymus urethra cecum appendix gastric mucosa synovial joint n/a 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 exosome secretory granule Biological process extracellular matrix disassembly proteolysis regulation of systemic arterial blood pressure zymogen activation Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 3817 n/a Ensembl ENSG00000167751 n/a UniProt P20151 n/a RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001002231 NM_001002232 NM_001256080 NM_005551 n/a RefSeq (protein) NP_001002231 NP_001243009 NP_005542 n/a Location (UCSC) Chr 19: 50.86 – 50.88 Mb n/a PubMed search [2] n/a
Wikidata
View/Edit Human

Kallikrein-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KLK2 gene, and is particularly associated with prostatic tissue.^[3][4][5][6]