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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Research, Technology, Methods > chemical substances > technical chemicals > chemical inhibitors > metabolic inhibitors > enzyme inhibitors > proteinase inhibitors > cysteine proteinase inhibitors > cystatins
Preferred Term:

cystatins

Definition:
A homologous group of endogenous cyteine proteinase inhibitors. The cystatins inhibit most cysteine endopeptidases such as papain, and other peptidases which have a sulfhydryl group at the active site.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
cysteine proteinase inhibitors
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Entry Terms:
  • Type III cystatins
  • cystatin superfamily
  • Type II cystatins
  • Type 1 cystatins
  • Type I cystatins
  • cystatin-related proteins
  • Type 3 cystatins
  • Type 2 cystatins
  • stefins
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/192170
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RDF/XMLCreated 2012-10-03, last modified 2018-01-04
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