Caspase 5

Caspase 5 is an enzyme that proteolytically cleaves other proteins at an aspartic acid residue, and belongs to a family of cysteine proteases called caspases. It is an inflammatory caspase, along with caspase 1, caspase 4 and the murine caspase 4 homolog caspase 11, and has a role in the immune system.[1]

caspase 5, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase
Identifiers
SymbolCASP5
Alt. symbolsICE(rel)III, ICH3
NCBI gene838
HGNC1506
OMIM602665
RefSeqNM_004347
UniProtP51878
Other data
EC number3.4.22.58
LocusChr. 11 q22.2-q22.3

See also

References

  1. Martinon F, Tschopp J (2007). "Inflammatory caspases and inflammasomes: master switches of inflammation". Cell Death Differ. 14 (1): 10–22. doi:10.1038/sj.cdd.4402038. PMID 16977329.
  • The MEROPS online database for peptidases and their inhibitors: C14.008


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