Cystatin A also called Stefin A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CSTA gene. Cystatin A is a cysteine proteinase inhibitor that belongs to family 1 of the cystatin superpamily. This gene was assigned to human chromosome 3q21.1. This is an intracellular thiol proteinase inhibitor. Cystatin A plays an important role in desmosome-mediated cell-cell adhesion in the lower levels of the epidermis. Stefins have been proposed as prognostic and diagnostic tools for cancer.
应用类型
ICC,IF,IHC,WB
免疫原
E.coli-derived human Cystatin A recombinant protein (Position: E8-F98). Human Cystatin A shares 61.5% and 58.2% amino acid (aa) sequence identity with mouse and rat Cystatin A, respectively.
