Preferred Name

Caspases [Chemical/Ingredient]

Synonyms

Caspases

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000170497

altLabel

Caspases

cui

C0010656

MESH DEFINITION

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 DUI

D020169

MeSH name

Caspases

MESH UI

M0029891

NDFRT kind

INGREDIENT_KIND

notation

N0000170497

NUI

N0000170497

prefLabel

Caspases [Chemical/Ingredient]

tui

T116

T126

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000170486

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