Enables cysteine-type endopeptidase inhibitor activity. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm; extracellular space; and vesicle. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including Alzheimer's disease; CST3-related cerebral amyloid angiopathy; artery disease (multiple); and autoimmune disease of the nervous system (multiple). Is an ortholog of human CST1 (cystatin SN); CST3 (cystatin C); and CST4 (cystatin S).
Sequence connection from [Hashmi S, Lustigan S], [krb 020711]
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.
CGC_data_submission
cpi-1 is also an other_name of cpin-1 (WBGene000000775)