"Cathepsin D" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An intracellular proteinase found in a variety of tissue. It has specificity similar to but narrower than that of pepsin A. The enzyme is involved in catabolism of cartilage and connective tissue. EC 3.4.23.5. (Formerly EC 3.4.4.23).
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D002402
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.656.074.500.180 D08.811.277.656.224.187 D08.811.277.656.300.048.180
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| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cathepsin D" by people in Profiles.
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Regulation of Phagolysosomal Digestion by Caveolin-1 of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium Is Essential for Vision. J Biol Chem. 2016 Mar 18; 291(12):6494-506.
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Clioquinol targets zinc to lysosomes in human cancer cells. Biochem J. 2009 Jan 01; 417(1):133-9.
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Light induces programmed cell death by activating multiple independent proteases in a cone photoreceptor cell line. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2007 Jan; 48(1):40-51.
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Bovine UDP-N-acetylglucosamine:lysosomal-enzyme N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphotransferase. II. Enzymatic characterization and identification of the catalytic subunit. J Biol Chem. 1996 Dec 06; 271(49):31446-51.