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An ubiquitously-expressed lysosomal cysteine protease that is involved in protein processing. The enzyme has both endopeptidase and aminopeptidase activities.
Registry Numbers
EC 3.4.22.16
Public MeSH Note
2010; CATHEPSIN H was indexed under CATHEPSINS and CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES 1975-2009, under BENZOYLARGININE-2-NAPHTHYLAMIDE 1976-1981, & under AMIDES, AMIDOHYDROLASES, and NAPHTHALENES 1973-1974
An ubiquitously-expressed lysosomal cysteine protease that is involved in protein processing. The enzyme has both endopeptidase and aminopeptidase activities.