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cathepsins

are proteases (enzymes that degrade proteins) found in all animals as well as other organisms
Class type of: peptidase Q426245
cathepsins
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Facts

3 properties
Instance of
group or class of proteins
Subclass of
peptidase[2]
Described by source
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en cathepsin en cathepsins ar كاتبسين de Kathepsin de Katepsin es Catepsina fa کاتپسین fr Cathepsine ja カテプシン pt Catepsinas ru Катепсин ru Катепсины zh 組織蛋白酶 zh 组织蛋白酶
🔖 Identifiers · 11
OpenAlex ID
C167844969
Freebase ID
/m/05q9wv
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
catepsina
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0089478
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
katepsiny-6de6c1
KBpedia ID
Cathepsin
MeSH descriptor ID
D002403
MeSH tree code
D08.811.277.656.224
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
167844969
UMLS CUI
C0007428
Wellcome Collection concept ID
zetd2y2y

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Subclass of 1
peptidase
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Summary

cathepsins is a group or class of proteins[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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