Gene content
Symbol	CTSZ ( by HUGO)
Name	Cathepsin Z
Category	Other
Alias	Cathepsin Z Cathepsin X Carboxypeptidase LB Cathepsin B2 Cathepsin IV Cathepsin Y Cathepsin Z1 Cysteine-Type Carboxypeptidase Lysosomal Carboxypeptidase B Cathepsin P EC 3.4.18.1 CTSX Preprocathepsin P
Cytogenetic band	NCBI: 20q13.32    Ensembl: 20q13.32
Protein information	CATZ_HUMAN Size: 303 amino acids Mass: 33868 Da Tissue specificity: Widely expressed [IMAGE] Custom PCR Arrays for CTSZ Primer Products: [IMAGE] OriGene qPCR primer pairs and template standards for CTSZ OriGene qSTAR qPCR primer pairs in human, mouse for CTSZ [IMAGE] Pre-validated RT2 qPCR Primer Assay in human, mouse, ra Function: Exhibits carboxy-monopeptidase as well as carboxy-dipeptidase activity                        Exhibits carboxy-monopeptidase as well as carboxy-dipeptidase activity Catalytic activity: Release of C-terminal amino acid residues with broad specificity, but lacks action on C-terminal proline. Shows weak endopeptidase activity Similarity: Belongs to the peptidase C1 family [IMAGE]

Protein Domain/Family
Source	ID	Domain	Name	Type
InterPro	IPR000668	Peptidase_C1A_C	Peptidase C1A, papain	Family
Blocks	IPB000668	Papain cysteine protease (C1) family signature	Papain cysteine protease (C1) family signature

CTSZ cross reference
PubMed OMIM Entrez Gene NCKU SNP Nucleotide UniProt Genome Data Viewer HomoloGene