- cathepsin
- noun Etymology: Greek kathepsein to digest (from kata- cata- + hepsein to boil) + English 2-in Date: 1929 any of several intracellular proteases of animal tissue that aid in autolysis
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Cathepsin C — PDB rendering based on 1k3b … Wikipedia
Cathepsin K — Cathepsin K, also known as CTSK, is a human enzyme controlled by a gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: CTSK cathepsin K| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd=ShowDetailView TermToSearch=1513| accessdate = ] Cathepsin K is a … Wikipedia
Cathepsin G — Cathepsin G, also known as CTSG, is a human gene. PBB Summary section title = summary text = The protein encoded by this gene, a member of the peptidase S1 protein family, is found in azurophil granules of neutrophilic polymorphonuclear… … Wikipedia
Cathepsin S — Cathepsin S, also known as CTSS, is a human gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: CTSS cathepsin S| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd=ShowDetailView TermToSearch=1520| accessdate = ] PBB Summary section title = summary… … Wikipedia
Cathepsin A — Cathepsin A, also known as CTSA, is a human gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: CTSA cathepsin A| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd=ShowDetailView TermToSearch=5476| accessdate = ] PBB Summary section title = summary… … Wikipedia
Cathepsin B — Cathepsin B, also known as CTSB, is a human gene.Function PBB Summary section title = summary text = The protein encoded by this gene is a lysosomal cysteine proteinase composed of a dimer of disulfide linked heavy and light chains, both produced … Wikipedia
cathepsin — [kə thep′sin] n. [< Gr kathepsein, boil down, soften < kata , down (see CATA ) + hepsein, boil + IN1] any of several intracellular enzymes that act as catalysts in the breakdown of protein … English World dictionary
Cathepsin — A cathepsin (Union of two Greek words, kata :down and hepsein:boil) is a cysteine or aspartic protease, a type of protein that breaks apart other proteins, found in many types of cells including those in all animals. There are approximately a… … Wikipedia
Cathepsin — Bändermodell des Cathepsin K. Cathepsine (auch Kat(h)epsine von griech. καθεψειν verdauen) sind Proteasen, die beispielsweise in Lysosomen, eosinophilen Granulozyten und Osteoklasten zu finden sind und einen hydrolytischen Abbau der… … Deutsch Wikipedia
cathepsin — catheptic /keuh thep tik/, adj. /keuh thep sin/, n. Biochem. any of a class of intracellular proteolytic enzymes, occurring in animal tissue, esp. the liver, spleen, kidneys, and intestine, that catalyze autolysis in certain pathological… … Universalium
