Concept information
Preferred term
Cystatins
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Cystatin
- Cystatin Superfamily
Note
- general or unspecified; prefer specifics
Scope note
- A homologous group of endogenous CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS. The cystatins inhibit most CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES such as PAPAIN, and other peptidases which have a sulfhydryl group at the active site.
History note
- 90
In other languages
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Finnish
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kystatiini
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015891
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