Dipeptidyl Peptidase Like 6
DPPX
DPL1
A-Type Potassium Channel Modulatory Protein DPP6
Dipeptidyl Aminopeptidase-Like Protein 6
Dipeptidyl Peptidase VI
Dipeptidyl-Peptidase 6
Dipeptidyl Peptidase 6
DPP VI
Dipeptidyl Aminopeptidase IV-Related Protein
Dipeptidyl Aminopeptidase-Related Protein
Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV-Related Protein
Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV-Like Protein
Dipeptidylpeptidase VI
Dipeptidylpeptidase 6
MRD33
VF2
This gene encodes a single-pass type II membrane protein that is a member of the peptidase S9B family of serine proteases. This protein has no detectable protease activity, most likely due to the absence of the conserved serine residue normally present in the catalytic domain of serine proteases. However, it does bind specific voltage-gated potassium channels and alters their expression and biophysical properties. Variations in this gene may be associated with susceptibility to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and with idiopathic ventricular fibrillation. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2014]
Forensic Context
A study in mice demonstrated that selection for ethanol preference significantly altered gene expression networks in the nucleus accumbens shell, identifying the DPP6 as a hub node showing higher intramodular connectivity in the low preference line [Colville et al. DOI:10.1111/Gbb.12367].