CST7

Also known as CMAP, cystatin F

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

In the Vinony graph

Vinony's link graph records 3 inbound references to CST7, and connects out to PubMed, human chromosome 20 and Ensembl genome database project.

It is catalogued under the topic Genes on human chromosome 20.

Vinony links it to 4 Wikipedia language editions.

Gene data

CST7

Name: cystatin F
Type: protein-coding
Position: 24,949,257–24,961,392 (+)
Aliases: CMAP
Ensembl: ENSG00000077984
RefSeq RNA: NM_003650.4
RefSeq protein: NP_003641.3

The cystatin superfamily encompasses proteins that contain multiple cystatin-like sequences. Some of the members are active cysteine protease inhibitors, while others have lost or perhaps never acquired this inhibitory activity. There are three inhibitory families in the superfamily, including the type 1 cystatins (stefins), type 2 cystatins and the kininogens. The type 2 cystatin proteins are a class of cysteine proteinase inhibitors found in a variety of human fluids and secretions. This gene encodes a glycosylated cysteine protease inhibitor with a putative role in immune regulation through inhibition of a unique target in the hematopoietic system. Expression of the protein has been observed in various human cancer cell lines established from malignant tumors. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].