CPQ
Description
The CPQ (carboxypeptidase Q) is a protein-coding gene located on chromosome 8.
CPQ is a gene that encodes for a protein called Carboxypeptidase Q.
This enzyme plays a crucial role in breaking down peptides circulating in the bloodstream. It specifically breaks down dipeptides, which are small chains of two amino acids, into individual amino acids. Additionally, it may be involved in releasing the thyroid hormone thyroxine from its precursor molecule, thyroglobulin.
CPQ is also known as LDP, PGCP.
Associated Diseases
- migraine disorder
- hemoglobin D disease
- dominant beta-thalassemia
- Miyoshi myopathy
- hemoglobin C-beta-thalassemia syndrome
- hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin-sickle cell disease syndrome
- hemoglobin H disease
- hemoglobin E disease
- delta-beta-thalassemia
- beta-thalassemia-X-linked thrombocytopenia syndrome
- alpha-thalassemia-myelodysplastic syndrome
