High impact information on ctsl1a

• Zebrafish ctsla, ctslb and ctslc also showed different patterns of mRNA expression during embryogenesis and in adult tissues [1].
• These data therefore suggested that Ctsla is most likely the putative protease involved in yolk processing in fish embryos, while Ctslc seems not to be required during early embryogenesis in zebrafish [1].
• Phylogenetic relationships and gene expression pattern of three different cathepsin L (Ctsl) isoforms in zebrafish: Ctsla is the putative yolk processing enzyme [1].

Biological context of ctsl1a

• In zebrafish (Danio rerio), three different ctsl genes, ctsla, ctslb and ctslc, have been found in the genome, but their pattern of expression, as well as information on which the encoded enzymes are potentially involved in yolk absorption during embryogenesis, is unknown [1].

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