Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Enzymes and Coenzymes [D08] » Enzymes » Hydrolases » Peptide Hydrolases » Cysteine Proteases » Cysteine Endopeptidases » Caspases
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Enzymes and Coenzymes [D08] » Enzymes » Hydrolases » Peptide Hydrolases » Endopeptidases » Cysteine Endopeptidases » Caspases
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Proteins » Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins » Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins » Caspases
Description
A family of intracellular CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES that play a role in regulating INFLAMMATION and APOPTOSIS. They specifically cleave peptides at a CYSTEINE amino acid that follows an ASPARTIC ACID residue. Caspases are activated by proteolytic cleavage of a precursor form to yield large and small subunits that form the enzyme. Since the cleavage site within precursors matches the specificity of caspases, sequential activation of precursors by activated caspases can occur. MeSH
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