<p>Provides any useful information about the protein, mostly biological knowledge.</p><p><a href='../manual/function_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Functionⁱ

<p>Describes the catalytic activity of an enzyme, i.e. the chemical reaction it catalyzes. This information usually correlates with the presence of an EC (Enzyme Commission) number in the ‘Names and taxonomy’ section.</p><p><a href='../manual/catalytic_activity' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Catalytic activityⁱ

Sites

Feature key	Position(s)	Length	Description	Graphical view	Feature identifier	Actions
<p>Is used for enzymes and indicates the residues directly involved in catalysis.</p><p><a href='../manual/act_site' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Active sitei	139 – 139	1	By similarity
<p>Is used for enzymes and indicates the residues directly involved in catalysis.</p><p><a href='../manual/act_site' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Active sitei	276 – 276	1	By similarity
<p>Is used for enzymes and indicates the residues directly involved in catalysis.</p><p><a href='../manual/act_site' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Active sitei	296 – 296	1	By similarity

<p>The <a href="http://www.geneontology.org/">Gene Ontology (GO)</a> project provides a set of hierarchical controlled vocabulary split into 3 categories:</p><p><a href='../manual/gene_ontology' target='_top'>More...</a></p>GO - Molecular functionⁱ

1. cysteine-type peptidase activity Source: UniProtKB-KW

<p>The <a href="http://www.geneontology.org/">Gene Ontology (GO)</a> project provides a set of hierarchical controlled vocabulary split into 3 categories:</p><p><a href='../manual/gene_ontology' target='_top'>More...</a></p>GO - Biological processⁱ

1. bone resorption Source: Ensembl
2. collagen catabolic process Source: Ensembl
3. intramembranous ossification Source: Ensembl
4. proteolysis involved in cellular protein catabolic process Source: Ensembl

<p>UniProtKB Keywords constitute a <a target="_top" href="/keywords">controlled vocabulary</a> with a hierarchical structure. Keywords summarise the content of a UniProtKB entry and facilitate the search for proteins of interest.<p><a href='../help/keywords' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Keywords - Molecular functionⁱ

Enzyme and pathway databases

Protein family/group databases

<p>Provides information about the protein and gene name(s) and synonym(s) and about the organism that is the source of the protein sequence.</p><p><a href='../manual/names_and_taxonomy_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Names & Taxonomyⁱ

Organism-specific databases

<p>Provides information on the location and the topology of the mature protein in the cell.</p><p><a href='../manual/subcellular_location_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Subcellular locationⁱ

<p>The <a href="http://www.geneontology.org/">Gene Ontology (GO)</a> project provides a set of hierarchical controlled vocabulary split into 3 categories:</p><p><a href='../manual/gene_ontology' target='_top'>More...</a></p>GO - Cellular componentⁱ

1. extracellular space Source: Ensembl
2. lysosome Source: UniProtKB-SubCell

<p>UniProtKB Keywords constitute a <a target="_top" href="/keywords">controlled vocabulary</a> with a hierarchical structure. Keywords summarise the content of a UniProtKB entry and facilitate the search for proteins of interest.<p><a href='../help/keywords' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Keywords - Cellular componentⁱ

<p>Describes post-translational modifications (PTMs) and/or processing events.</p><p><a href='../manual/ptm_processing_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>PTM / Processingⁱ

Molecule processing

Feature key	Position(s)	Length	Description	Graphical view	Feature identifier	Actions
<p>Denotes the presence of an N-terminal signal peptide.</p><p><a href='../manual/signal' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Signal peptidei	1 – 15	15	Sequence Analysis			Add BLAST
<p>Describes a propeptide, which is a part of a protein that is cleaved during maturation or activation. Once cleaved, a propeptide generally has no independent biological function.</p><p><a href='../manual/propep' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Propeptidei	16 – 114	99	Activation peptide		PRO_0000026301	Add BLAST
<p>Describes the extent of a polypeptide chain in the mature protein following processing.</p><p><a href='../manual/chain' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Chaini	115 – 329	215	Cathepsin K		PRO_0000026302	Add BLAST

Amino acid modifications

Feature key	Position(s)	Length	Description	Graphical view	Feature identifier	Actions
<p>Specifies the position and type of each covalently attached glycan group (mono-, di- , or polysaccharide).</p><p><a href='../manual/carbohyd' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Glycosylationi	103 – 103	1	N-linked (GlcNAc...)Sequence Analysis
<p>Describes the positions of cysteine residues participating in disulfide bonds.</p><p><a href='../manual/disulfid' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Disulfide bondi	136 ↔ 177		By similarity
<p>Describes the positions of cysteine residues participating in disulfide bonds.</p><p><a href='../manual/disulfid' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Disulfide bondi	170 ↔ 210		By similarity
<p>Specifies the position and type of each covalently attached glycan group (mono-, di- , or polysaccharide).</p><p><a href='../manual/carbohyd' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Glycosylationi	213 – 213	1	N-linked (GlcNAc...)Sequence Analysis
<p>Describes the positions of cysteine residues participating in disulfide bonds.</p><p><a href='../manual/disulfid' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Disulfide bondi	269 ↔ 318		By similarity

<p>UniProtKB Keywords constitute a <a target="_top" href="/keywords">controlled vocabulary</a> with a hierarchical structure. Keywords summarise the content of a UniProtKB entry and facilitate the search for proteins of interest.<p><a href='../help/keywords' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Keywords - PTMⁱ

Proteomic databases

PTM databases

<p>Provides information on the expression of a gene at the mRNA or protein level in cells or in tissues of multicellular organisms.</p><p><a href='../manual/expression_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Expressionⁱ

Gene expression databases

<p>Provides information on the quaternary structure of a protein and on interaction(s) with other proteins or protein complexes.</p><p><a href='../manual/interaction_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Interactionⁱ

Protein-protein interaction databases

<p>Provides information on the tertiary structure of a protein.</p><p><a href='../manual/structure_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Structureⁱ

3D structure databases

<p>Provides information on sequence similarities with other proteins and the domain(s) present in a protein.</p><p><a href='../manual/family_and_domains_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Family & Domainsⁱ

<p>Provides information about the sequence similarity with other proteins.</p><p><a href='../manual/sequence_similarities' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequence similaritiesⁱ

<p>UniProtKB Keywords constitute a <a target="_top" href="/keywords">controlled vocabulary</a> with a hierarchical structure. Keywords summarise the content of a UniProtKB entry and facilitate the search for proteins of interest.<p><a href='../help/keywords' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Keywords - Domainⁱ

Phylogenomic databases

Family and domain databases

<p>Displays by default the canonical protein sequence and upon request all isoforms described in the entry. It also includes information pertinent to the sequence(s), including length and molecular weight.</p><p><a href='../manual/sequences_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequenceⁱ

<p>Indicates if the canonical sequence displayed by default in the entry is complete or not.</p><p><a href='../manual/sequence_status' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequence statusⁱ: Complete.

<p>Indicates if the canonical sequence displayed by default in the entry is in its mature form or if it represents the precursor.</p><p><a href='../manual/sequence_processing' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequence processingⁱ: The displayed sequence is further processed into a mature form.

        10         20         30         40         50
MWVFKFLLLP MVSFALSPEE MLDTQWELWK KTHQKQYNSK VDEISRRLIW 
        60         70         80         90        100
EKNLKQISAH NLEASLGVHT YELAMNHLGD MTSEEVVQKM TGLRIPPSRS 
       110        120        130        140        150
YSNDTLYTPE WEGRVPDSID YRKKGYVTPV KNQGQCGSCW AFSSAGALEG 
       160        170        180        190        200
QLKKKTGKLL ALSPQNLVDC VTENYGCGGG YMTTAFQYVQ QNGGIDSEDA 
       210        220        230        240        250
YPYVGQDESC MYNATAKAAK CRGYREIPVG NEKALKRAVA RVGPISVSID 
       260        270        280        290        300
ASLASFQFYS RGVYYDENCD RDNVNHAVLV VGYGTQKGSK HWIIKNSWGE 
       310        320 
SWGNKGYALL ARNKNNACGI TNMASFPKM                       

Experimental Info

Feature key	Position(s)	Length	Description	Graphical view	Feature identifier	Actions
<p>Reports difference(s) between the canonical sequence (displayed by default in the entry) and the different sequence submissions merged in the entry. These various submissions may originate from different sequencing projects, different types of experiments, or different biological samples. Sequence conflicts are usually of unknown origin.</p><p><a href='../manual/conflict' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequence conflicti	3 – 6	4	VFKF → GLKV in CAA64218. (PubMed:8814310)Curated
<p>Reports difference(s) between the canonical sequence (displayed by default in the entry) and the different sequence submissions merged in the entry. These various submissions may originate from different sequencing projects, different types of experiments, or different biological samples. Sequence conflicts are usually of unknown origin.</p><p><a href='../manual/conflict' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequence conflicti	201 – 201	1	Y → F in CAA64218. (PubMed:8814310)Curated

Sequence databases

Genome annotation databases

<p>Is used to point to information related to entries and found in data collections other than UniProtKB.</p><p><a href='../manual/cross_references_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p> Cross-referencesⁱ

Sequence databases

3D structure databases

Protein-protein interaction databases

Chemistry

Protein family/group databases

PTM databases

Proteomic databases

Protocols and materials databases

Genome annotation databases

Organism-specific databases

Phylogenomic databases

Enzyme and pathway databases

Miscellaneous databases

Gene expression databases

Family and domain databases

<p>Contains the literature citations that are the sources of data used to annotate the entry. Each reference is numbered and contains several subsections allowing a precise description of a given citation.</p><p><a href='../manual/publications_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Publicationsⁱ

1. "Mouse cathepsin K: cDNA cloning and predominant expression of the gene in osteoclasts, and in some hypertrophying chondrocytes during mouse development."
   Rantakokko J.A., Aro H.T., Savontaus M., Vuorio E.
   FEBS Lett. 393:307-313(1996) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
   Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA].
   Strain: C57BL/6.
   Tissue: Calvaria.
   
2. "Complete genomic structure of the mouse cathepsin K gene (Ctsk) and its localization next to the Arnt gene on mouse chromosome 3."
   Rantakokko J.A., Kiviranta R., Eerola R., Aro H.T., Vuorio E.
   Matrix Biol. 18:155-161(1999) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
   Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE.
   Strain: 129/SvJ.
   
3. "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC)."
   The MGC Project Team
   Genome Res. 14:2121-2127(2004) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
   Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA].
   Tissue: Olfactory epithelium.
   

<p>Provides general information on the entry.</p><p><a href='../manual/entry_information_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Entry informationⁱ

<p>Contains any relevant information that doesn’t fit in any other defined sections</p><p><a href='../manual/miscellaneous_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Miscellaneousⁱ

<p>UniProtKB Keywords constitute a <a target="_top" href="/keywords">controlled vocabulary</a> with a hierarchical structure. Keywords summarise the content of a UniProtKB entry and facilitate the search for proteins of interest.<p><a href='../help/keywords' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Keywords - Technical termⁱ

Documents

1. MGD cross-references
   Mouse Genome Database (MGD) cross-references in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
2. Peptidase families
   Classification of peptidase families and list of entries
3. SIMILARITY comments
   Index of protein domains and families

External Data

<p>Provides links to the UniProt Reference Clusters (<a href="/help/uniref">UniRef</a>). UniRef consists of clusters for UniProtKB sequences (including isoforms) and selected UniParc sequences, in order to obtain complete coverage of the sequence space at resolutions of 100%, 90% and 50% identity.</p><p><a href='../manual/similar_proteins_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Similar proteinsⁱ