Cystatin-C (CST3) Mouse Recombinant Protein

CST3: As an inhibitor of cysteine proteinases, this protein is thought to serve an important physiological role as a local regulator of this enzyme activity. Defects in CST3 are the cause of amyloidosis type 6 (AMYL6); also known as hereditary cerebral hemorrhage with amyloidosis (HCHWA), cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) or cerebroarterial amyloidosis Icelandic type. AMYL6 is a hereditary generalized amyloidosis due to cystatin C amyloid deposition. Cystatin C amyloid accumulates in the walls of arteries, arterioles, and sometimes capillaries and veins of the brain, and in various organs including lymphoid tissue, spleen, salivary glands, and seminal vesicles. Amyloid deposition in the cerebral vessels results in cerebral amyloid angiopathy, cerebral hemorrhage and premature stroke. Cystatin C levels in the cerebrospinal fluid are abnormally low. Genetic variations in CST3 are associated with age- related macular degeneration type 11 (ARMD11). ARMD is a multifactorial eye disease and the most common cause of irreversible vision loss in the developed world. In most patients, the disease is manifest as ophthalmoscopically visible yellowish accumulations of protein and lipid that lie beneath the retinal pigment epithelium and within an elastin-containing structure known as Bruch membrane. Belongs to the cystatin family.

Protein type: Inhibitor; Secreted; Secreted, signal peptide

Cellular Component: axon; basement membrane; cell projection; cell soma; contractile fiber; cytoplasm; endoplasmic reticulum; extracellular region; extracellular space; lysosome; multivesicular body; nuclear membrane; perinuclear region of cytoplasm; vesicle

Molecular Function: beta-amyloid binding; cysteine protease inhibitor activity; endopeptidase inhibitor activity; identical protein binding; protease binding; protease inhibitor activity

Biological Process: defense response; fibril organization and biogenesis; negative regulation of peptidase activity; negative regulation of proteolysis; positive regulation of cell proliferation; positive regulation of DNA replication; regulation of programmed cell death; response to oxidative stress