Enables cysteine-type endopeptidase activity. Involved in cellular response to UV; cellular response to gamma radiation; and proteolysis involved in protein catabolic process. Located in extracellular region. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including autoimmune disease of the nervous system (multiple); carcinoma (multiple); and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Is an ortholog of human CTSB (cathepsin B).
Map position created from combination of previous interpolated map position (based on known location of sequence) and allele information. Therefore this is not a genetic map position based on recombination frequencies or genetic experiments. This was done on advice of the CGC.