Cystatins

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-001682",
  "term": "Cystatins",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "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.",
  "synonyms": [
    "Type 1 cystatins",
    "Type 2 cystatins",
    "Type 3 cystatins",
    "Type I cystatins",
    "Type II cystatins",
    "Type III cystatins",
    "cystatin superfamily",
    "cystatin-related proteins",
    "stefins"
  ],
  "subject": "Research, Technology, Methods",
  "see_also": [
    "cysteine proteinase inhibitors",
    "cysteine proteinases",
    "fetuins",
    "kininogens"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2012",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "cistatinas"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/cystatins/"
}