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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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