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EC 3.4.22.43 Details
EC number
3.4.22.43
Accepted name
cathepsin V
Reaction
The recombinant enzyme hydrolyses proteins (serum albumin, collagen) and synthetic substrates (Z-Phe-Arg-NHMec > Z-Leu-Arg-NHMec > Z-Val-Arg-NHMec)
Other name(s)
Cathepsin L2, cathepsin U
CAS registry number
223670-00-6
Comment
Cathepsin V is a human lysosomal cysteine endopeptidase of family C1 (papain family) that is maximally active at pH 5.7 and unstable at neutral pH. Compound E-64, leupeptin and chicken cystatin are inhibitors. Human cathepsin V shows expression restricted to thymus, testis, corneal epithelium and some colon and breast carcinomas. Human gene locus: 9q22.2
History
created 2000
EC Tree
3.4.22.4 created 1972, deleted 1992 [EC 3.4.22.5 created 1972, incorporated 1978]
3.4.22.5 created 1972, deleted 1978
3.4.22.9 created 1972, deleted 1981
3.4.22.11 created 1976, deleted 1978 [transferred to EC 3.4.99.45, deleted 1993]
3.4.22.12 created 1978, deleted 1992
3.4.22.13 created 1978, modified 1981, deleted 1992
3.4.22.17 created 1981 [EC 3.4.24.5 created 1978, part incorporated 1989], deleted 2003
3.4.22.18 created 1981, deleted 1992
3.4.22.19 created 1989, deleted 1992
3.4.22.20 created 1989, deleted 1992
3.4.22.21 created 1989, deleted 1992
3.4.22.22 created 1989, deleted 1992
3.4.22.23 created 1989, deleted 1992