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Designing a Western blot for Cathepsin Z? 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 CTSZ Western Blot GuideFacts about Cathepsin Z.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | CTSZ |
| Uniprot: | Q9UBR2 |
| Entrez: | 1522 |

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

Cathepsin P; Cathepsin X/Z/P; Cathepsin Z; CTSZ
Mass (kDA):
33.868 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 20q13.32 |
| Sequence: | 20; NC_000020.11 (58995185..59007254, complement) |
Widely expressed.
Lysosome.





PMID: 9738465 by Naegler D.K., et al. Human cathepsin X: a novel cysteine protease of the papain family with a very short proregion and unique insertions.
PMID: 9642240 by Santamaria I., et al. Cathepsin Z, a novel human cysteine proteinase with a short propeptide domain and a unique chromosomal location.