Cathepsin O

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Cathepsin O is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CTSO gene.[1][2]

Function

Cathepsin O is a cysteine protease and a member of the cathepsin family and papain superfamily. This proteolytic enzyme is involved in cellular protein degradation and turnover. The recombinant form of this enzyme was shown to degrade synthetic peptides typically used as substrates for cysteine proteinases and its proteolytic activity was abolished by an inhibitor of cyteine proteinase.[2]

References

  1. Santamaría I, Pendás AM, Velasco G, López-Otín C (October 1998). "Genomic structure and chromosomal localization of the human cathepsin O gene (CTSO)". Genomics. 53 (2): 231–4. doi:10.1006/geno.1997.5180. PMID 9790772.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: cathepsin O".

Further reading

External links

  • The MEROPS online database for peptidases and their inhibitors: C01.035

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.