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Assay Name:  Cathepsin L dose-response confirmation
Description:  Screening Center: Penn Center for Molecular Discovery Center Affiliation: University of Pennsylvania Network: Molecular Library Screening Center Network (MLSCN) Assay Provider: Scott Diamond, University of Pennsylvania Grant number: MH076406-01 Human liver cathepsin L (EC 3.4.22.15) is a lysosomal cysteine protease. Recent interest in cathepsin L has been generated by research showing that proteolysis by this enzyme is required for the entry and replication of the SARS and Ebola viruses in human cells. Thus cathepsin L inhibitors have potential as novel anti-viral agents. Cathepsin L inhibitors may also be active against Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite responsible for human malaria. Plasmodium contains cathepsin L-like cysteine proteases known as falcipains that appear to promote virulence of the parasite through haemoglobin digestion and erythrocyte invasion. A high-throughput screen for cathepsin L inhibitors was designed as an end-point assay monitoring the release of the fl
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