Fibroblast Activation Protein Alpha [fibroblastový aktivační protein alfa]

topical
Terms

FAP
FAP alfa
sepráza

 

FAPalpha
Fibroblast Activation Protein-alpha
Seprase
Surface Expressed Protease

Definition

A large, gelatin-degrading membrane SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASE complex expressed by stromal FIBROBLASTS of epithelial cancers; it is a biomarker for MELANOMA cell invasiveness.

DUI
D000099167 MeSH Browser
CUI
M000768845
History note
2026 (1994)
Public note
2026 (1994); FIBROBLAST ACTIVATION PROTEIN ALPHA was indexed under MEMBRANE PROTEINS and ENDOPEPTIDASES 1994-2025

D Chemicals and Drugs
D08.811 Enzymes 1 557
D08.811.277 Hydrolases 475
D08.811.277.656 Peptide Hydrolases 563
D08.811.277.656.300 Endopeptidases 214
D08.811.277.656.300.032 Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases 37
D08.811.277.656.300.048 Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases 47
D08.811.277.656.300.065 ATP-Dependent Endopeptidases
D08.811.277.656.300.099 Brinolase
D08.811.277.656.300.174 Coagulase 70
D08.811.277.656.300.200 Cysteine Endopeptidases 44
D08.811.277.656.300.480 Metalloendopeptidases 40
D08.811.277.656.300.760 Serine Endopeptidases 138
D08.811.277.656.300.775 Streptokinase 209
D08.811.277.656.300.887 Ubiquitin-Specific Proteases 10
D12.776 Proteins 2 596
D12.776.543 Membrane Proteins 860
D12.776.543.024 Adducins
D12.776.543.029 Amphiregulin 3
D12.776.543.080 Ankyrins 10
D12.776.543.090 Arrestins 6
D12.776.543.095 B7 Antigens 3
D12.776.543.116 Bcl-2-Like Protein 11 5
D12.776.543.131 Cadherin Related Proteins 1
D12.776.543.162 Calnexin 4
D12.776.543.178 Carbonic Anhydrase IX 21
D12.776.543.193 Chemokine CX3CL1 4
D12.776.543.225 Dysferlin
D12.776.543.250 Dystrophin 46
D12.776.543.287 Ephrins 1
D12.776.543.303 Phospholamban
D12.776.543.306 gp100 Melanoma Antigen 1
D12.776.543.484 Lipid-Linked Proteins 1
D12.776.543.550 Membrane Glycoproteins 203
D12.776.543.585 Membrane Transport Proteins 209
D12.776.543.620 Myelin Proteins 32
D12.776.543.653 NADPH Oxidases 45
D12.776.543.685 Neurofibromin 2 3
D12.776.543.696 Presenilins 6
D12.776.543.750 Receptors, Cell Surface 513
D12.776.543.800 Serrate-Jagged Proteins 1
D12.776.543.850 Spectrin 20
D12.776.543.860 STING Protein
D12.776.543.900 Tetraspanins 13
D12.776.543.940 Tight Junction Proteins 6
D12.776.543.985 Utrophin 1