カテプシンW
カテプシンW(Cathepsin W)は、ヒトではCTSW遺伝子でコードされるタンパク質である[1][2][3]。
この遺伝子でコードされるタンパク質はペプチダーゼC1ファミリーに分類され、T細胞の細胞溶解反応を制御する特殊な機能を持っていると考えられている。ナチュラルキラー細胞や細胞傷害性T細胞の小胞体内の膜と結合して観察される。この遺伝子の発現は、インターロイキン-2によりアップレギュレートされる[3]。
出典
- ↑ “Human cathepsin W, a putative cysteine protease predominantly expressed in CD8+ T-lymphocytes”. FEBS Lett 405 (3): 253-9. (May 1997). doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(97)00118-X. PMID 9108299.
- ↑ “Genomic structure, chromosomal localization, and expression of human cathepsin W”. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 248 (2): 255-61. (Aug 1998). doi:10.1006/bbrc.1998.8954. PMID 9675123.
- 1 2 “Entrez Gene: CTSW cathepsin W”. 2022年10月14日閲覧。
関連文献
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- “Human cathepsin W, a cysteine protease predominantly expressed in NK cells, is mainly localized in the endoplasmic reticulum.”. J. Immunol. 167 (4): 2172-8. (2001). doi:10.4049/jimmunol.167.4.2172. PMID 11490002.
- “Human cathepsins W and F form a new subgroup of cathepsins that is evolutionary separated from the cathepsin B- and L-like cysteine proteases.”. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol.. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 477: 271-80. (2000). doi:10.1007/0-306-46826-3_29. ISBN 0-306-46383-0. PMID 10849754.
- “Phylogenetic relationships and theoretical model of human cathepsin W (lymphopain), a cysteine proteinase from cytotoxic T lymphocytes.”. Int. J. Biochem. Cell Biol. 32 (3): 373-84. (2000). doi:10.1016/S1357-2725(99)00129-6. PMID 10716634.
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