Cathepsin L (CTSL1) Antibody – Mouse Monoclonal

The protein encoded by this gene is a lysosomal cysteine proteinase that plays a major role in intracellular protein catabolism. Its substrates include collagen and elastin, as well as alpha-1 protease inhibitor, a major controlling element of neutrophil elastase activity. The encoded protein has been implicated in several pathologic processes, including myofibril necrosis in myopathies and in myocardial ischemia, and in the renal tubular response to proteinuria. This protein, which is a member of the peptidase C1 family, is a dimer composed of disulfide-linked heavy and light chains, both produced from a single protein precursor. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2012]

CTSL1: Important for the overall degradation of proteins in lysosomes. Belongs to the peptidase C1 family.

Protein type: EC 3.4.22.15; Motility/polarity/chemotaxis; Protease

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 9q21.33

Cellular Component: lysosomal lumen; extracellular space; lysosome; extracellular region; nucleus

Molecular Function: collagen binding; protein binding; proteoglycan binding; histone binding; fibronectin binding; cysteine-type endopeptidase activity; cysteine-type peptidase activity

Biological Process: antigen processing and presentation; collagen catabolic process; extracellular matrix disassembly; extracellular matrix organization and biogenesis; adaptive immune response; proteolysis involved in cellular protein catabolic process; toll-like receptor signaling pathway; innate immune response; antigen processing and presentation of exogenous peptide antigen via MHC class II; proteolysis