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The protein encoded by this gene, a member of the peptidase C1 family, is a cysteine proteinase that may have a specific function in the mechanism or regulation of T-cell cytolytic activity. The encoded protein is found associated with the membrane inside the endoplasmic reticulum of natural killer and cytotoxic T-cells. Expression of this gene is up-regulated by interleukin-2.[3]
References
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↑Wex T, Levy B, Smeekens SP, Ansorge S, Desnick RJ, Bromme D (Aug 1998). "Genomic structure, chromosomal localization, and expression of human cathepsin W". Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 248 (2): 255–61. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1998.8954. PMID9675123.
Meinhardt C, Peitz U, Treiber G, et al. (2004). "Identification of a novel isoform predominantly expressed in gastric tissue and a triple-base pair polymorphism of the cathepsin W gene". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 321 (4): 975–80. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.07.056. PMID15358123.
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Wex T, Bühling F, Wex H, et al. (2001). "Human cathepsin W, a cysteine protease predominantly expressed in NK cells, is mainly localized in the endoplasmic reticulum". J. Immunol. 167 (4): 2172–8. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.167.4.2172. PMID11490002.
Wex T, Levy B, Wex H, Brömme D (2000). "Human cathepsins W and F form a new subgroup of cathepsins that is evolutionary separated from the cathepsin B- and L-like cysteine proteases". Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 477: 271–80. doi:10.1007/0-306-46826-3_29. PMID10849754.
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Brown J, Matutes E, Singleton A, et al. (1998). "Lymphopain, a cytotoxic T and natural killer cell-associated cysteine proteinase". Leukemia. 12 (11): 1771–81. doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2401164. PMID9823953.
External links
The MEROPS online database for peptidases and their inhibitors: C01.037
