Description
Background
Cathepsin L is a lysosomal cysteine proteinase with a major role in intracellular protein catabolism. It also shows the most potent collagenolytic and elastinolytic activity in vitro of any of the cathepsins. Cathepsin L has been implicated in pathologic processes including myofibril necrosis in myopathies and in myocardial ischemia, and in the renal tubular response to proteinuria. Human liver cathepsin L consists of a heavy chain of about 25 kD and a light chain of about 5 kD. The gene is mapped to 9q21-q22. Cathepsin L is required for endothelial progenitor cell-induced neovascularization.
Data Sheet
| Application | Cross ReactivityHuman, mouse, rat. |
| Clone | CP-L14 |
| Cross Reactivity | Human, mouse, rat. |
| Form | lyophilized |
| Ig type | mouse IgG1 |
| Immunogen/Antigen | Procathepsin L isolated from the human lung cancer cell line |
| Reconstitution | 1.2% sodium acetate or neutral PBS. If 1ml of PBS is used, |
| Size | 100ug/vial |
| Storage | At -20C for one year. After reconstitution, at 4C for one month. |
