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Designing a Western blot for Cathepsin S? 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 CTSS Western Blot GuideFacts about Cathepsin S.
The bond- specificity of this proteinase is in part like the specificities of cathepsin L. .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | CTSS |
| Uniprot: | P25774 |
| Entrez: | 1520 |

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

Cathepsin S; CTSS; EC 3.4.22; EC 3.4.22.27; FLJ50259; MGC3886
Mass (kDA):
37.496 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 1q21.3 |
| Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (150730188..150765778, complement) |
Lysosome. Secreted.




PMID: 1373132 by Shi G.-P., et al. Molecular cloning and expression of human alveolar macrophage cathepsin S, an elastinolytic cysteine protease.
PMID: 1377692 by Wiederanders B., et al. Phylogenetic conservation of cysteine proteinases. Cloning and expression of a cDNA coding for human cathepsin S.