Mouse Cathepsin A/Lysosomal Carboxypeptidase A Alexa Fluor™ Plus 680-conjugated Antibody
R&D Systems, part of Bio-Techne | Catalog # FAB1123AFP680
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Immunoprecipitation
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Background: Cathepsin A/Lysosomal Carboxypeptidase A
Cathepsin A/lyososomal carboxypeptidase A is a member of the serine carboxypeptidase family (1, 2). Cathepsin A is a multifunctional enzyme that expresses deaminidase and esterase activities at neutral pH and carboxypeptidase activity at acidic pH. Also known as protective protein, its association with beta-galactosidase ( beta-gal) and neuraminidase is essential for beta-gal stability and neuraminidase activation in the lysosomes. Inherited deficiency of cathepsin A causes the lysosomal storage disorder galactosialidosis, characterized by a combined secondary deficiency of beta-gal and neuraminidase. Cathepsin A is capable of hydrolyzing a variety of bioactive peptide hormones including tachykinins, indicating that extralysosomal cathepsin A plays a role in regulation of functions of these molecules (3). Cathepsin A is synthesized as a single-chain precursor and processed into heavy (32 kDa) and light (20 kDa) chains, which are linked by disulfide bonds.
References
- Galjart, N.J. et al. (1990) J. Biol. Chem. 265:4678.
- Pshezhetsky, A.V. (1998) in Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes (ed. Barrett, Rawlings, Woessner) pp. 393, Academic Press, San Diego.
- Hiraiwa, M. (1999) Cell. Mol. Life. Sci. 56:894.
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