CTSH

cathepsin H

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene is a lysosomal cysteine proteinase important in the overall degradation of lysosomal proteins. It is composed of a dimer of disulfide-linked heavy and light chains, both produced from a single protein precursor. The encoded protein, which belongs to the peptidase C1 protein family, can act both as an aminopeptidase and as an endopeptidase. Increased expression of this gene has been correlated with malignant progression of prostate tumors. Alternate splicing of this gene results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2016]

Known Variants36 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs53824087615:79,213,063T/G——
rs1155839715:79,214,531G/A—likely benign
rs76794849615:79,214,534C/T—uncertain significance
rs228969115:79,215,238T/Cintron variant—
rs75037115515:79,215,338T/A—uncertain significance
rs74827280715:79,215,367T/G—uncertain significance
rs228969415:79,217,606G/Aintron variant—
rs250519029815:79,217,697T/C—uncertain significance
rs13884405715:79,217,704T/C—uncertain significance
rs14821987515:79,220,054C/T—likely benign
rs37560133815:79,220,113C/A—uncertain significance
rs14683616115:79,223,833C/T—uncertain significance
rs228970015:79,224,683C/G——
rs75837757715:79,224,731C/T—uncertain significance
rs14321496415:79,224,743C/T—uncertain significance
rs14502966315:79,227,417G/A—uncertain significance
rs77102698715:79,228,026G/A—uncertain significance
rs20094043215:79,228,072C/G—uncertain significance
rs13841972015:79,229,679A/G—benign
rs143804825015:79,229,680T/C—uncertain significance
rs75266478415:79,229,683T/C—uncertain significance
rs14405769415:79,229,691G/A—likely benign
rs54434036715:79,229,700C/T—likely benign
rs980643915:79,229,745C/T—benign
rs1015286815:79,230,969A/Gintron variant—
rs7881342315:79,231,005T/Cregulatory region variant—
rs6201322715:79,231,046G/Tregulatory region variant—
rs3459343915:79,234,957G/Aintron variant—
rs382593215:79,235,446T/Cregulatory region variant—
rs18847013415:79,236,217G/Cintron variant—
rs103693715:79,237,180C/Aregulatory region variant—
rs3500143115:79,237,257C/T—benign
rs159629589315:79,237,261A/C—likely benign
rs54505169815:79,237,291C/T—benign
rs156738700315:79,237,295G/A—uncertain significance
rs137836994015:79,237,304A/G—uncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.