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Facts about Prostacyclin synthase.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | PTGIS |
| Uniprot: | Q16647 |
| Entrez: | 5740 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| cytochrome P450 family |

CYP8; CYP8A1; CYP8A1PTGI; CYP8prostacyclin synthase; EC 5.3.99.4; MGC126858; MGC126860; PGIS; PGIScytochrome P450, family 8, subfamily A, polypeptide 1; Prostacyclin Synthase; prostaglandin I2 (prostacyclin) synthase; Prostaglandin I2 synthase; PTGI; PTGIS
Mass (kDA):
57.104 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 20q13.13 |
| Sequence: | 20; NC_000020.11 (49503874..49568137, complement) |
Widely expressed; particularly abundant in ovary, heart, skeletal muscle, lung and prostate.
Endoplasmic reticulum membrane; Single-pass membrane protein.




PMID: 8185632 by Miyata A., et al. Molecular cloning and expression of human prostacyclin synthase.
PMID: 11281454 by Chevalier D., et al. Characterization of new mutations in the coding sequence and 5'- untranslated region of the human prostacyclin synthase gene (CYP8A1).