Caspase 4
caspase 4, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase | |
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Identifiers | |
Symbol | CASP4 |
Alt. symbols | ICE(rel)II, ICH-2, TX |
Entrez | 837 |
HUGO | 1505 |
OMIM | 602664 |
RefSeq | NM_001225 |
UniProt | P49662 |
Other data | |
EC number | 3.4.22.57 |
Locus | Chr. 11 q22.2-q22.3 |
Caspase 4 is an enzyme that proteolytically cleaves other proteins at an aspartic acid residue (LEVD-), and belongs to a family of cysteine proteases called caspases. The function of caspase 4 is not fully known, but it is believed to be an inflammatory caspase, along with caspase 1, caspase 5 (and the murine homolog caspase 11), with a role in the immune system.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 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.
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