Gene Information
Gene NameCTH
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length405
Protein NamesCystathionine gamma-lyase (CGL) (CSE) (EC 4.4.1.1) (Cysteine desulfhydrase) (Cysteine-protein sulfhydrase) (Gamma-cystathionase) (Homocysteine desulfhydrase) (EC 4.4.1.2)
Target Namecystathionine gamma-lyase
Target TypeNA
Gene Age950 ( ENSG00000116761 )
Evolutionary StageCellular_organisms
AlphaFoldDBP32929
Gene CardCTH
Uniprot IDP32929
PfamPF01053
In ASDyes
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.560254237)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ CTH ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ CTH ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ CTH ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Cth ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ CTH ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Cth ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ CTH ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNA
ParalogsNA
Tissueliver
Tissue SpecificityHighly expressed in liver (PubMed:10727430, PubMed:20305127). Also in muscle and lower expression in most tissues except heart, pituitary gland, spleen, thymus, and vascular tissue, where it is hardly detected (PubMed:20305127). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10727430, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20305127}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);NULL(Rat);0.016667(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 2NMP  (X-ray  2.60A  3COG  (X-ray  2.00A  3ELP  (X-ray  2.40A  5EIG  (X-ray  2.70A  5TSU  (X-ray  2.20A  5TT2  (X-ray  2.95A  6NBA  (X-ray  2.50A  6OVG  (X-ray  2.72A 
DBSNP rs28941785  rs28941786  rs1021737 
Subcellular location [CC]Cytoplasm.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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