cathepsin-O (CTSO, CTSO1)

Function

• proteolytic enzyme possibly involved in normal cellular protein degradation & turnover
• recombinant human enzyme hydrolyzes
• synthetic endopeptidase substrates including Z-Phe-Arg-NHMec & Z-Arg-Arg-NHMec

Structure

belongs to the peptidase C1 family

Expression

• expressed in all examined tissues
• expressed in ovary, kidney & placenta > thymus & skeletal muscle

More general terms

• cathepsin

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P43234.html
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:1519
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/600550
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=1519