| Entry |
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| Name |
cathepsin O
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| Class |
Hydrolases;
Acting on peptide bonds (peptidases);
Cysteine endopeptidases
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| Reaction(IUBMB) |
The recombinant human enzyme hydrolyses synthetic endopeptidase substrates including Z-Phe-Arg-NHMec and Z-Arg-Arg-NHMec
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| Comment |
Cathepsin O is a lysosomal cysteine peptidase of family C1 (papain family). The recombinant human enzyme is catalytically active at pH 6.0 and is inhibited by compound E-64. Cathepsin O is ubiquitously expressed in human tissues and the human gene locus is 4q31-32
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| Genes |
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| Reference |
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| Authors |
Santamaria I, Pendas AM, Velasco G, Lopez-Otin C. |
| Title |
Genomic structure and chromosomal localization of the human cathepsin O gene (CTSO). |
| Journal |
Genomics. 53 (1998) 231-4. |
| Organism |
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| Reference |
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| Authors |
Velasco G, Ferrando AA, Puente XS, Sanchez LM, Lopez-Otin C. |
| Title |
Human cathepsin O. Molecular cloning from a breast carcinoma, production of the active enzyme in Escherichia coli, and expression analysis in human tissues. |
| Journal |
J. Biol. Chem. 269 (1994) 27136-42. |
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| Other DBs |
ExplorEnz - The Enzyme Database: IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature: ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database: BRENDA, the Enzyme Database: CAS: 162032-86-2 |