Gene Review:
Csta - cystatin A (stefin A)
Rattus norvegicus
Synonyms:
Cystatin-A, Cystatin-alpha, Epidermal stefin, Epidermal thiol proteinase inhibitor
- Inhibition of growth and cysteine proteinase activity of Staphylococcus aureus V8 by phosphorylated cystatin alpha in skin cornified envelope. Takahashi, M., Tezuka, T., Katunuma, N. FEBS Lett. (1994)
- Incorporation and degradation by kidney lysosomes of cystatin alpha injected intravenously. Ohshita, T., Ike, Y., Katunuma, N. Eur. J. Biochem. (1992)
- Inhibition of cysteine protease and growth of Staphylococcus aureus V8 and poliovirus by phosphorylated cystatin alpha conjugate of skin. Takahashi, M., Tezuka, T., Korant, B., Katunuma, N. Biofactors (1999)
- Cystatin A expression reduces bile salt-induced apoptosis in a rat hepatoma cell line. Jones, B., Roberts, P.J., Faubion, W.A., Kominami, E., Gores, G.J. Am. J. Physiol. (1998)
- Linkage between phosphorylated cystatin alpha and filaggrin by epidermal transglutaminase as a model of cornified envelope and inhibition of cathepsin L activity by cornified envelope and the conjugated cystatin alpha. Takahashi, M., Tezuka, T., Kakegawa, H., Katunuma, N. FEBS Lett. (1994)
- Participation of cathepsin L on bone resorption. Kakegawa, H., Nikawa, T., Tagami, K., Kamioka, H., Sumitani, K., Kawata, T., Drobnic-Kosorok, M., Lenarcic, B., Turk, V., Katunuma, N. FEBS Lett. (1993)
- Phosphorylated cystatin alpha is a natural substrate of epidermal transglutaminase for formation of skin cornified envelope. Takahashi, M., Tezuka, T., Katunuma, N. FEBS Lett. (1992)
- Identification of hematoxylin-stainable protein in epidermal keratohyalin granules as phosphorylated cystatin alpha by protein kinase C. Takahashi, M., Tezuka, T., Towatari, T., Katunuma, N. FEBS Lett. (1991)
- Amino acid sequence of rat epidermal thiol proteinase inhibitor. Takio, K., Kominami, E., Bando, Y., Katunuma, N., Titani, K. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. (1984)
- Molecular cloning, enhancement of expression efficiency and site-directed mutagenesis of rat epidermal cystatin A. Kaji, H., Yada-Wakatabe, R., Uehira, T., Terai, M., Takeda, A., Satoh, T., Samejima, T. J. Biochem. (1999)
- Increase of cyclin B by overexpression of cystatin alpha. Hiwasa, T., Ma, J., Ike, Y., Katunuma, N., Sakiyama, S. Cell Biochem. Funct. (1995)
- Evidence of protease activity producing NH2-terminal truncated form of rat cystatin A in newborn rat epidermis. Takeda, A., Nakamura, Y., Kaji, H., Samejima, T. Biol. Chem. Hoppe-Seyler (1990)
- Properties and nature of a cysteine proteinase inhibitor located in keratohyalin granules of rat epidermis. Takahashi, M., Tezuka, T., Towatari, T., Katunuma, N. FEBS Lett. (1990)
- Involvement of a cystatin-alpha-sensitive cysteine proteinase in the degradation of native L-lactate dehydrogenase and serum albumin by rat liver or kidney lysosomes. Ohshita, T., Kido, H. Eur. J. Biochem. (1994)
- Biochemical properties of thiol proteinase inhibitor purified from psoriatic scales. Ohtani, O., Fukuyama, K., Epstein, W.L. J. Invest. Dermatol. (1982)
- Filaggrin linker segment peptide and cystatin alpha are parts of a complex of the cornified envelope of epidermis. Takahashi, M., Tezuka, T., Katunuma, N. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. (1996)