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Approved Symbol Approved Name Previous Symbols Aliases Chromosome Accession Numbers RefSeq IDs
CTSA cathepsin A GSL, PPGB   20q13.12 M22960 NM_000308
CTSB cathepsin B     8p23.1 M14221 NM_147780
CTSC cathepsin C PLS, PALS DPP1 11q14.2 AK223038 NM_001814
CTSD cathepsin D CPSD   11p15.5 M11233 NM_001909
CTSE cathepsin E     1q32.1 BC042537 NM_001910
CTSF cathepsin F   CATSF 11q13.2 AF071749 NM_003793
CTSG cathepsin G   CG 14q12 M16117 NM_001911
CTSH cathepsin H CPSB ACC-4, ACC-5 15q25.1 X07549 NM_004390
CTSK cathepsin K CTSO2, CTSO, PYCD PKND 1q21 BC016058 NM_000396
CTSL1 cathepsin L1 CTSL FLJ31037 9q21.33 X12451 NM_001912
CTSL2 cathepsin L2   CTSU, CTSV 9q22.33 Y14734 NM_001333
CTSL3 cathepsin L family member 3   HCTSL-s 9q21.33 AJ851862 NM_001023564
CTSLL1 cathepsin L-like 1 CTSLL   10q23.2 L07772  
CTSLL2 cathepsin L-like 2     10q11.22 L25628  
CTSLL3 cathepsin L-like 3     10q11.22 L25629  
CTSLL4 cathepsin L-like 4   bA564C4.3, OTTHUMG00000018237 10q11.23    
CTSLL5 cathepsin L-like 5   bA342C24.4, OTTHUMG00000018096 10q11.22    
CTSLL6 cathepsin L-like 6   bA479O17.1, OTTHUMG00000018589 10q22.3    
CTSLL7 cathepsin L-like 7   bA144G6.6, OTTHUMG00000018112 10q11.22    
CTSO cathepsin O CTSO1   4q32.1 X77383 NM_001334
CTSS cathepsin S     1q21 M90696 NM_004079
CTSW cathepsin W     11q13.1 AF055903 NM_001335
CTSZ cathepsin Z   CTSX 20q13.32 AF032906 NM_001336

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