The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Cathepsin D across different species:

cathepsin D (CTSD), cathepsin D (Ctsd), cathepsin D (ctsd), cathepsin D (LOC398557), cathepsin D (Cathd), cathepsin d (AaeL_AAEL006169), cathepsin D (LOC100136761), cathepsin D (ctsD), cathepsin D (catd)

Other aliases include:

CPSD, CLN10, MGC2311, CD, CatD, catD, fb93e11, fj17b09, wu:fb93e11, wu:fj17b09, CTSD, LOC398557, Cathd, LOC100136761, DKFZp469J0315

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Cathepsin D:

cathepsin D – lysosomal aspartyl protease – lysosomal aspartyl peptidase – ceroid-lipofuscinosis, neuronal 10 – OTTMUSP00000020357 – OTTMUSP00000037478 – etID16901.18 – prepro-cathepsin D, prepro-CD – cathepsin D (lysosomal aspartyl protease) – cathepsin D (lysosomal aspartyl peptidase) – aspartic protease – cathepsin d – preprocathepsin D

Cathepsin D fulfills a number of functions:

aspartic-type endopeptidase activity – peptidase activity – endopeptidase activity – hydrolase activity – peptide binding

Cathepsin D is relevant to the following processes:

autophagic vacuole formation – cell death – proteolysis – autophagic vacuole assembly – epithelial tube branching involved in lung morphogenesis – metabolic process – response to bacterium – autophagy

Locations for Cathepsin D:

extracellular region – lysosome – melanosome – mitochondrion – soluble fraction – extracellular matrix – extracellular space

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology

Cathepsin D (CTSD) ELISA Kit (ABIN417608) cited in Molecular immunology

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