Cathepsin B (CTSB) Antibody – Goat

This gene encodes a member of the C1 family of peptidases. Alternative splicing of this gene results in multiple transcript variants. At least one of these variants encodes a preproprotein that is proteolytically processed to generate multiple protein products. These products include the cathepsin B light and heavy chains, which can dimerize to form the double chain form of the enzyme. This enzyme is a lysosomal cysteine protease with both endopeptidase and exopeptidase activity that may play a role in protein turnover. It is also known as amyloid precursor protein secretase and is involved in the proteolytic processing of amyloid precursor protein (APP). Incomplete proteolytic processing of APP has been suggested to be a causative factor in Alzheimer's disease, the most common cause of dementia. Overexpression of the encoded protein has been associated with esophageal adenocarcinoma and other tumors. Multiple pseudogenes of this gene have been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2015]

CTSB: Thiol protease which is believed to participate in intracellular degradation and turnover of proteins. Has also been implicated in tumor invasion and metastasis. Dimer of a heavy chain and a light chain cross-linked by a disulfide bond. Interacts with SRPX2. Belongs to the peptidase C1 family.

Protein type: Autophagy; Motility/polarity/chemotaxis; EC 3.4.22.1; Protease

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 8p22

Cellular Component: extracellular space; mitochondrion; intracellular membrane-bound organelle; perinuclear region of cytoplasm; lysosome; nucleolus; extracellular region; melanosome; intracellular

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

Biological Process: regulation of apoptosis; extracellular matrix disassembly; collagen catabolic process; extracellular matrix organization and biogenesis; epithelial cell differentiation; proteolysis involved in cellular protein catabolic process; regulation of catalytic activity; toll-like receptor signaling pathway; innate immune response; decidualization; proteolysis