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cystatinnoun
Any of a group of polypeptides that are cysteine protease inhibitors
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Cystatin
The cystatins are a family of cysteine protease inhibitors which share a sequence homology and a common tertiary structure of an alpha helix lying on top of an anti-parallel beta sheet. The family is subdivided as described below. Cystatins show similarity to fetuins, kininogens, histidine-rich glycoproteins and cystatin-related proteins. Cystatins mainly inhibit peptidase enzymes (another term for proteases) belonging to peptidase families C1 (papain family) and C13 (legumain family). They are known to mis-fold to form amyloid deposits and are implicated in several diseases.
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Cystatin
The cystatins are a family of cysteine protease inhibitors with homology to chicken cystatin. Cystatins typically comprise about 115 amino acids, are largely acidic, contain four conserved cysteine residues known to form two disulfide bonds, may be glycosylated and/or phosphorylated, with similarity to fetuins, kininogens, stefins, histidine-rich glycoproteins and cystatin-related proteins. They mainly inhibit peptidase enzymes belonging to peptidase families C1 and C13.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cystatin in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cystatin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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