This gene likely encodes a member of the carboxypeptidase family of proteins. Cloning of a comparable locus in mouse indicates that the encoded protein contains a discoidin domain and a carboxypeptidase domain, but the protein appears to lack residues necessary for carboxypeptidase activity.[provided by RefSeq, May 2010]
Forensic Context
A study in humans demonstrated that the CPXM1 was upregulated in subcutaneous adipose tissue during short-term (0-5 month) weight loss in obese participants, and this expression pattern was reciprocal to that observed in acquired obesity within BMI-discordant monozygotic twin pairs [Bollepalli et al. DOI:10.1038/ijo.2017.245].