Description
A more basic protein than Cathepsin B or L. Functions as both an aminopeptidase and endopeptidase. Cathepsin H, like cathepsin L and B, is involved in the catabolism of proteins in the lysosomal system.Product Citation:Douglas Lu, Weiya, Lydiane Funkelstein, Thomas Toneff, Thomas Reinheckel, Christoph Peters, and Vivian Hook. "Cathepsin H functions as an aminopeptidase in secretory vesicles for production of enkephalin and galanin peptide neurotransmitters." Journal of neurochemistry 122, no. 3 (2012): 512-522.Ref:Barrett, A.J. and Kirschke, H. 1981. Methods Enzymol. 80, 535.Barrett, A.J. 1977. Proteinases in Mammalian Cells and Tissues. (A. Barrett, ed.) 4, 209