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Designing a Western blot for Cathepsin B? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the CTSB Western Blot Guide6 Citations
Facts about Cathepsin B.
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| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | CTSB |
| Uniprot: | P07858 |
| Entrez: | 1508 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| peptidase C1 family |

APP secretase; APPS; Cathepsin B; Cathepsin B1; CPSBamyloid precursor protein secretase; CTSB; cysteine protease; EC 3.4.22; EC 3.4.22.1
Mass (kDA):
37.822 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 8p23.1 |
| Sequence: | 8; NC_000008.11 (11842524..11868118, complement) |
Lysosome. Melanosome. Secreted, extracellular space. Apical cell membrane; Peripheral membrane protein; Extracellular side. Identified by mass spectrometry in melanosome fractions from stage I to stage IV (PubMed:17081065). Localizes to the lumen of thyroid follicles and to the apical membrane of thyroid epithelial cells (By similarity).





PMID: 3463996 by Chan S.J., et al. Nucleotide and predicted amino acid sequences of cloned human and mouse preprocathepsin B cDNAs.
PMID: 8112600 by Cao L., et al. Human gastric adenocarcinoma cathepsin B: isolation and sequencing of full-length cDNAs and polymorphisms of the gene.
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