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Neutrophil elastase : ウィキペディア英語版 | Neutrophil elastase
Neutrophil elastase (, ''leukocyte elastase'', ''ELANE'', ''ELA2'', ''elastase 2'', ''neutrophil'', ''elaszym'', ''serine elastase'') is a serine proteinase in the same family as chymotrypsin and has broad substrate specificity. Secreted by neutrophils and macrophages during inflammation, it destroys bacteria and host tissue. It also localizes to Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), via its high affinity for DNA, an unusual property for serine proteases. As with other serine proteinases it contains a charge relay system composed of the catalytic triad of histidine, aspartate, and serine residues that are dispersed throughout the primary sequence of the polypeptide but that are brought together in the three dimensional conformation of the folded protein. The gene encoding neutrophil elastase, ELA2, consists of five exons. Neutrophil elastase is closely related to other cytotoxic immune serine proteases, such as the granzymes and cathepsin G. It is more distantly related to the digestive CELA1.〔 The neutrophil form of elastase () is 218 amino acids long, with two asparagine-linked carbohydrate chains (see ''glycosylation''). It is present in azurophil granules in the neutrophil cytoplasm. There appear to be two forms of neutrophil elastase, termed IIa and IIb. == Gene ==
In humans, neutrophil elastase is encoded by the ''ELANE'' gene, which resides on chromosome 19.
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