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Weak to moderate granular cytoplasmic positivity was observed in most malignant tissues. Most breast, prostate and malignant melanomas showed rare positivity.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
CTSD (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
CLN10, CPSD
Description
Cathepsin D (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
This gene encodes a member of the A1 family of peptidases. The encoded preproprotein is proteolytically processed to generate multiple protein products. These products include the cathepsin D light and heavy chains, which heterodimerize to form the mature enzyme. This enzyme exhibits pepsin-like activity and plays a role in protein turnover and in the proteolytic activation of hormones and growth factors. Mutations in this gene play a causal role in neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis-10 and may be involved in the pathogenesis of several other diseases, including breast cancer and possibly Alzheimer's disease. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2015]
P07339 [Direct mapping] Cathepsin D Cathepsin D light chain Cathepsin D heavy chain V9HWI3 [Target identity:100%; Query identity:100%] Cathepsin D (Lysosomal aspartyl peptidase), isoform CRA_a; Epididymis secretory sperm binding protein Li 130P
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Enzymes ENZYME proteins Hydrolases Peptidases Aspartic-type peptidases MEMSAT-SVM predicted membrane proteins Predicted secreted proteins Secreted proteins predicted by MDSEC SignalP predicted secreted proteins Phobius predicted secreted proteins SPOCTOPUS predicted secreted proteins Plasma proteins Cancer-related genes Candidate cancer biomarkers Disease related genes Potential drug targets Protein evidence (Kim et al 2014) Protein evidence (Ezkurdia et al 2014)