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CTSS

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Class type of: protein-coding gene Q14902024

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
gene
Subclass of
protein-coding gene
Chromosome
human chromosome 1[13]
Cytogenetic location
1q21.3[15]
Encodes
Cathepsin S[11]
Expressed in
monocyte, granulocyte, blood, rectum, bone marrow cell, gallbladder, mucosa of sigmoid colon, appendix, epithelium of colon, trabecular bone[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]
Found in taxon
Homo sapiens[12]
Genomic end
150738433, 150765957[6][7]
Genomic start
150702672, 150730079[4][5]
HomoloGene ID
20867[3]
Ortholog
Ctss, Ctss, ctss2.2, ctss2.1[8][9][10]
Strand orientation
reverse strand[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en cathepsin S en CTSS fr cathepsine S ru Катепсин C zh 组织蛋白酶S
🔖 Identifiers · 13
OpenAlex ID
C151701858
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Protein CTSS PDB 1glo.png ↗
Ensembl gene ID
ENSG00000163131
Ensembl transcript ID
ENST00000607427, ENST00000368985, ENST00000448301, ENST00000472977, ENST00000480760, ENST00000483930, ENST00000680471, ENST00000679898, ENST00000680931, ENST00000681728, ENST00000681357, ENST00000681863, ENST00000680288, ENST00000680311, ENST00000679512, ENST00000680466, ENST00000679582, ENST00000681444, ENST00000680664
Entrez Gene ID
1520
Exact match
identifiers.org
Freebase ID
/m/02kg3vy
HGNC ID
2545
HGNC gene symbol
CTSS
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
151701858
OMIM ID
116845
RefSeq RNA ID
NM_004079, NM_001199739
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UMLS CUI
C1413821

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🔗 Connections
Expressed in 7
blood, gallbladder, rectum, appendix, monocyte, granulocyte, trabecular bone
Chromosome 1
human chromosome 1
Found in taxon 1
Homo sapiens
Instance of 1
gene
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Summary

CTSS is a gene[1]. CTSS is a type of protein-coding gene[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Ensembl Release 87. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Mathieu Kappler · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Chromosome → human chromosome 1
    Strand orientation → reverse strand
    Instance of → gene
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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