{"symbol":"PRSS16","synonyms":["TSSP"],"name":"protease, serine, 16 (thymus)","description":"This gene encodes a serine protease expressed exclusively in the thymus. It is thought to play a role in the alternative antigen presenting pathway used by cortical thymic epithelial cells during the positive selection of T cells. The gene is found in the large histone gene cluster on chromosome 6, near the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I region. A second transcript variant has been described, but its full length nature has not been determined. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]","ncbiEntrezGeneId":10279,"ncbiEntrezGeneUrl":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/10279","proteins":[{"symbol":"TSSP_HUMAN","href":"/api/1.0/protein/TSSP_HUMAN"}],"hgncRootFamilies":[{"name":"Proteases, serine (PRSS)","href":"/api/1.0/gene_family/Proteases%2C+serine+%28PRSS%29"}]}