TopFIND 4.0

Evidence Source

Description Imported from Merops: Merops-evidence: experimental | Merops-type: physiological | Merops-range: 1-140

Method

Substrate identification: NT

Experimental system

unknown

Perturbation

none

Protease inhibitor(s) used


Directness

unknown

Physiological relevance

yes

Evidence Code(s)

    inferred from experiment

Database / Laboratory

Raw data repository

Evidence for:

0

N-termini

0

C-termini


Publication(s)

Cathepsin D is the main lysosomal enzyme involved in the degradation of alpha-synuclein and generation of its carboxy-terminally truncated species.

Sevlever D, Jiang P, Yen SH

Biochemistry. 2008 Sep 9;47(36):9678-87. doi: 10.1021/bi800699v. Epub 2008 Aug 15. PMID: 18702517