Cystatin-B is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CSTBgene.[5][6]
The cystatin superfamily encompasses proteins that contain multiple cystatin-like sequences. Some of the members are active cysteine proteaseinhibitors, while others have lost or perhaps never acquired this inhibitory activity. There are three inhibitory families in the superfamily, including the type 1 cystatins (stefins), type 2 cystatins and kininogens. This gene encodes a stefin that functions as an intracellular cysteine protease inhibitor. The protein is able to form a dimer stabilized by noncovalent forces, inhibiting papain and cathepsins L, H and B. The protein is thought to play a role in protecting against the proteases leaking from lysosomes. Evidence indicates that mutations in this gene are responsible for the primary defects in patients with progressive myoclonic epilepsy (EPM1).[6]
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Lehesjoki AE, Koskiniemi M, Norio R, et al. (1993). "Localization of the EPM1 gene for progressive myoclonus epilepsy on chromosome 21: linkage disequilibrium allows high resolution mapping". Hum. Mol. Genet. 2 (8): 1229–34. doi:10.1093/hmg/2.8.1229. PMID8104628.
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The MEROPS online database for peptidases and their inhibitors: I25.003
PDBe-KB provides an overview of all the structure information available in the PDB for Human Cystatin-B
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1stf: THE REFINED 2.4 ANGSTROMS X-RAY CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF RECOMBINANT HUMAN STEFIN B IN COMPLEX WITH THE CYSTEINE PROTEINASE PAPAIN: A NOVEL TYPE OF PROTEINASE INHIBITOR INTERACTION
2oct: Stefin B (Cystatin B) tetramer
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