Human Cathepsin E Alexa Fluor® 350-conjugated Antibody

Applications

Please Note: Optimal dilutions should be determined by each laboratory for each application. General Protocols are available in the Technical Information section on our website.

Preparation and Storage

Background: Cathepsin E

Cathepsin E is an intracellular aspartic protease of the pepsin family (1). Unlike Cathepsin D, another member of the same family and a lysosomal protease with relatively ubiquitous distribution, Cathepsin E is not a lysosomal enzyme and has a limited cell and tissue distribution. However, both Cathepsin D and E play an important role in the degradation of proteins, the generation of bioactive proteins, and antigen processing (2). Both enzymes are efficient in cleaving Swedish mutant of amyloid precursor protein (APP) at the beta  site but show almost no reactivity with wild-type APP (3). Human Cathepsin E is synthesized as a precursor protein, consisting of a signal peptide (aa 1‑17), a propeptide (aa 18‑53), and a mature chain (aa 54‑396) (4).

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Related Research Areas

• APP Processing and Amyloid Plaque Formation
• Aspartic Proteases and Regulators
• Cathepsins
• Cysteine Proteases and Regulators
• Search Bioprocessing Enzymes