Cathepsin B, Human Liver

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MW: 27,500
Extinction Coefficient: 2.0

Frozen in 50 mM Na Acetate, pH 5.0, with 1 mM EDTA

Storage: <= -70°C

Buy Purified Native Human Cathepsin B (CatB), Human Liver.
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Cathepsin B, a cysteine proteinase, is located in lysosomes and is involved in tissue degradation and restructuring. Specifically, cathepsin B is believed to be involved in the intracellular digestion of extracellular proteins taken up by endocytosis.

Ref: Rich D.H., Brown M.A. and Barrett A.J. 1986 Biochem J, 235, 731-734.

Activity: >= 200 units/mg protein. One unit is defined as the amount of enzyme that hydrolyzes one umole of Z-Arg-Arg-beta-naphthylamide per minute at 40oC, using 100 mM Na/K phosphate, pH 6.0, with 1.33 mM EDTA and 2 mM DTT as the activation buffer.

Purity: >=95% by SDS-PAGE

Prepared from tissue shown to be non reactive for HBsAg, anti-HCV, anti-HBc, and negative for anti-HIV 1 & 2 by FDA-required tests.

Athens Research & Technology products are laboratory reagents and are not to be administered to humans or used for any drug purpose. For research or further manufacturing use only.

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Elie, Benelita Tina, Vasilena Gocheva, Tanaya Shree, Stacie A. Dalrymple, Leslie J. Holsinger, and Johanna A. Joyce. "Identification and pre-clinical testing of a reversible cathepsin protease inhibitor reveals anti-tumor efficacy in a pancreatic cancer model." Biochimie 92, no. 11 (2010): 1618-1624.