Learn → Glossary → biochemistry
Cathepsins
Group of enzymes involved in breaking down or digesting body proteins.
Lysosomal proteases (mostly cysteine and aspartate proteases) that degrade proteins delivered to lysosomes via endocytosis or autophagy.
How one textbook covers it
Advanced Nutrition and Human Metabolism, 8th ed. (Gropper) — Glossary
Lysosomal proteases (mostly cysteine and aspartate proteases) that degrade proteins delivered to lysosomes via endocytosis or autophagy.
Related terms
Autophagy, Calpain, Lysosomes