Cathepsin O

Cathepsin O
Identifiers
SymbolsCTSO ; CTSO1
External IDsOMIM: 600550 MGI: 2139628 HomoloGene: 1020 ChEMBL: 3035 GeneCards: CTSO Gene
EC number3.4.22.42
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez1519229445
EnsemblENSG00000256043ENSMUSG00000028015
UniProtP43234Q8BM88
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001334NM_177662
RefSeq (protein)NP_001325NP_808330
Location (UCSC)Chr 4:
156.85 – 156.88 Mb
Chr 3:
81.93 – 81.96 Mb
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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".

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