Caspase 5

Mammalian protein found in humans From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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]

SymbolCASP5
Alt. symbolsICE(rel)III, ICH3
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caspase 5, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase
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SymbolCASP5
Alt. symbolsICE(rel)III, ICH3
NCBI gene838
HGNC1506
OMIM602665
RefSeqNM_004347
UniProtP51878
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EC number3.4.22.58
LocusChr. 11 q22.2-q22.3
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StructuresSwiss-model
DomainsInterPro
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Intrinsic and Extrinsic pathways of caspase activation

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