References

These sources were used to develop the Genetics Home Reference gene summary on the CTSA gene.

Entrez Gene
Groener J, Maaswinkel-Mooy P, Smit V, van der Hoeven M, Bakker J, Campos Y, d'Azzo A. New mutations in two Dutch patients with early infantile galactosialidosis. Mol Genet Metab. 2003 Mar;78(3):222-8. PubMed citation
Hinek A, Pshezhetsky AV, von Itzstein M, Starcher B. Lysosomal sialidase (neuraminidase-1) is targeted to the cell surface in a multiprotein complex that facilitates elastic fiber assembly. J Biol Chem. 2006 Feb 10;281(6):3698-710. Epub 2005 Nov 28. PubMed citation
Hiraiwa M. Cathepsin A/protective protein: an unusual lysosomal multifunctional protein. Cell Mol Life Sci. 1999 Dec;56(11-12):894-907. Review. PubMed citation
Malvagia S, Morrone A, Caciotti A, Bardelli T, d'Azzo A, Ancora G, Zammarchi E, Donati MA. New mutations in the PPBG gene lead to loss of PPCA protein which affects the level of the beta-galactosidase/neuraminidase complex and the EBP-receptor. Mol Genet Metab. 2004 May;82(1):48-55. PubMed citation
Matsumoto N, Gondo K, Kukita J, Higaki K, Paragison RC, Nanba E. A case of galactosialidosis with a homozygous Q49R point mutation. Brain Dev. 2008 Oct;30(9):595-8. doi: 10.1016/j.braindev.2008.01.012. Epub 2008 Apr 18. PubMed citation
Takiguchi K, Itoh K, Shimmoto M, Ozand PT, Doi H, Sakuraba H. Structural and functional study of K453E mutant protective protein/cathepsin A causing the late infantile form of galactosialidosis. J Hum Genet. 2000;45(4):200-6. PubMed citation

Reviewed: February 2009

Published: June 17, 2013