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Furin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FURIN gene. Some proteins are inactive when they are first synthesized and must have sections deleted in order to become active. Furin deletes these sections and activates the proteins. It was named furin because it was in the upstream region of an oncogene known as FES. The gene was known as FUR (FES Upstream Region) and therefore the protein was named furin. Furin is also known as PACE (Paired basic Amino acid Cleaving Enzyme).

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