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Cathepsin D

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Cathepsin D is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CTSD gene. [1]

32 relations: Alpha-2-Macroglobulin, Alzheimer's disease, Amino acid, Bleeding, Breast cancer, Ceramide, Chromosome 4, Epileptic seizure, Estrogen, Exon, Gene, Growth factor, HEBP1, Hormone, Hydrophobic effect, Lysosome, MEROPS, Metastasis, Mutation, Myoclonus, N-terminus, Necrosis, Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, Pepsin, Pepstatin, Peptide, Programmed cell death, Protease, Protein, Protein dimer, Reading frame, Thymus.

Alpha-2-Macroglobulin

alpha-2-Macroglobulin (α2M) is a large (720 KDa) plasma protein found in the blood.

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Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease (AD), also referred to simply as Alzheimer's, is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and worsens over time.

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Amino acid

Amino acids are organic compounds containing amine (-NH2) and carboxyl (-COOH) functional groups, along with a side chain (R group) specific to each amino acid.

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Bleeding

Bleeding, also known as hemorrhaging or haemorrhaging, is blood escaping from the circulatory system.

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Breast cancer

Breast cancer is cancer that develops from breast tissue.

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Ceramide

Ceramides are a family of waxy lipid molecules.

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Chromosome 4

Chromosome 4 is one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in humans.

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Epileptic seizure

An epileptic seizure is a brief episode of signs or symptoms due to abnormally excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain.

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Estrogen

Estrogen, or oestrogen, is the primary female sex hormone.

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Exon

An exon is any part of a gene that will encode a part of the final mature RNA produced by that gene after introns have been removed by RNA splicing.

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Gene

In biology, a gene is a sequence of DNA or RNA that codes for a molecule that has a function.

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Growth factor

A growth factor is a naturally occurring substance capable of stimulating cellular growth, proliferation, healing, and cellular differentiation.

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HEBP1

Heme binding protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HEBP1 gene.

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Hormone

A hormone (from the Greek participle “ὁρμῶ”, "to set in motion, urge on") is any member of a class of signaling molecules produced by glands in multicellular organisms that are transported by the circulatory system to target distant organs to regulate physiology and behaviour.

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Hydrophobic effect

The hydrophobic effect is the observed tendency of nonpolar substances to aggregate in an aqueous solution and exclude water molecules.

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Lysosome

A lysosome is a membrane-bound organelle found in nearly all animal cells.

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MEROPS

MEROPS is an on-line database for peptidases (also known as proteases, proteinases and proteolytic enzymes) and their inhibitors.

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Metastasis

Metastasis is a pathogenic agent's spread from an initial or primary site to a different or secondary site within the host's body; it is typically spoken of as such spread by a cancerous tumor.

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Mutation

In biology, a mutation is the permanent alteration of the nucleotide sequence of the genome of an organism, virus, or extrachromosomal DNA or other genetic elements.

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Myoclonus

Myoclonus is a brief, involuntary twitching of a muscle or a group of muscles.

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N-terminus

The N-terminus (also known as the amino-terminus, NH2-terminus, N-terminal end or amine-terminus) is the start of a protein or polypeptide referring to the free amine group (-NH2) located at the end of a polypeptide.

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Necrosis

Necrosis (from the Greek νέκρωσις "death, the stage of dying, the act of killing" from νεκρός "dead") is a form of cell injury which results in the premature death of cells in living tissue by autolysis.

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Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis

Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL) is the general name for a family of at least eight genetically separate neurodegenerative disorders that result from excessive accumulation of lipopigments (lipofuscin) in the body's tissues.

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Pepsin

Pepsin is an endopeptidase that breaks down proteins into smaller peptides (that is, a protease).

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Pepstatin

Pepstatin is a potent inhibitor of aspartyl proteases.

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Peptide

Peptides (from Gr.: πεπτός, peptós "digested"; derived from πέσσειν, péssein "to digest") are short chains of amino acid monomers linked by peptide (amide) bonds.

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Programmed cell death

Programmed cell death (or PCD) is the death of a cell in any form, mediated by an intracellular program.

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Protease

A protease (also called a peptidase or proteinase) is an enzyme that performs proteolysis: protein catabolism by hydrolysis of peptide bonds.

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Protein

Proteins are large biomolecules, or macromolecules, consisting of one or more long chains of amino acid residues.

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Protein dimer

In biochemistry, a protein dimer is a macromolecular complex formed by two protein monomers, or single proteins, which are usually non-covalently bound.

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Reading frame

In molecular biology, a reading frame is a way of dividing the sequence of nucleotides in a nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) molecule into a set of consecutive, non-overlapping triplets.

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Thymus

The thymus is a specialized primary lymphoid organ of the immune system.

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Redirects here:

CLN10, CTSD, CTSD (gene), EC 3.4.23.5.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathepsin_D

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