Catalog Number:

GT15046

Product Type:

Affinity purified

Immunogen Sequence:

Recombinant humanCathepsin B

Host:

Goat

Reactivity:

Human

Applications:

Western Blot, ELISA

Description:

Cathepsin B is a cysteine endopeptidase which is synthesised as a 40kD inactive glycoprotein and processed into the mature form. Cathepsin B is widely expressed by various tissues.

Reference:

Deussing, J.; Roth, W.; Saftig, P.; Peters, C.; Ploegh, H. L.; Villadangos, J. A. : Cathepsins B and D are dispensable for major histocompatibility complex class II-mediated antigen presentation. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 95: 4516-4521, 1998.

Moin, K.; Day, N. A.; Sameni, M.; Hasnain, S.; Hirama, T.; Sloane, B. F. : Human tumour cathepsin B: comparison with normal liver cathepsin B. Biochem. J. 285: 427-434, 1992.