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Facts about Cystatin-M.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | CST6 |
| Uniprot: | Q15828 |
| Entrez: | 1474 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| cystatin family |

CST6; cystatin 6; Cystatin E/M; cystatin M; cystatin M/E; Cystatin-6; cystatin-E; cystatin-M; cysteine proteinase inhibitor
Mass (kDA):
16.511 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 11q13.1 |
| Sequence: | 11; NC_000011.10 (66012008..66013505) |
Restricted to the stratum granulosum of normal skin, the stratum granulosum/spinosum of psoriatic skin, and the secretory coils of eccrine sweat glands. Low expression levels are found in the nasal cavity.
Secreted.




PMID: 8995380 by Sotiropoulou G., et al. Identification, cloning, and characterization of cystatin M, a novel cysteine proteinase inhibitor, down-regulated in breast cancer.
PMID: 9099741 by Ni J., et al. Cystatin E is a novel human cysteine proteinase inhibitor with structural resemblance to family 2 cystatins.