Cathepsin E (EC 3.4.23.34)--a review |
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Authors: | Chlabicz Michał Gacko Marek Worowska Anna Lapiński Radosław |
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Institution: | Department of Vascular Surgery and Transplantology, Medical University of Bialystok, Poland. chmichal@op.pl |
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Abstract: | Cathepsin E belongs to the third class of enzymes - hydrolases, a subclass of peptide bond hydrolases and a sub-subclass of endopeptidases with aspartic catalytic sites. Cathepsin E is an endopeptidase with substrate specificity similar to that of cathepsin D. In a human organism, cathepsin E occurs in: erythrocytes, thymus, dendritic cells, epithelial M cells, microglia cells, Langerhans cells, lymphocytes, epithelium of gastrointestinal tract, urinary bladder, lungs, osteoclasts, spleen and lymphatic nodes. In human cells, loci of the gene of pre-procathepsin E are located on chromosome 1 in the region 1231-32. The catalytic site of cathepsin E is two residues of aspartic acid - Asp96 and Asn281, occurring in amino acid triads with sequences DTG96-98 and DTG281-283. To date, no particular role of cathepsin E in the metabolism of proteins in normal tissues has been found. However, it is known that there are many documented pathological conditions in which overexpression of cathepsin E occurs. |
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