Caspase 4
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]
| caspase 4, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase | |
|---|---|
| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | CASP4 |
| Alt. symbols | ICE(rel)II, ICH-2, TX |
| NCBI gene | 837 |
| HGNC | 1505 |
| OMIM | 602664 |
| RefSeq | NM_001225 |
| UniProt | P49662 |
| Other data | |
| EC number | 3.4.22.57 |
| Locus | Chr. 11 q22.2-q22.3 |
The anti-inflammatory drug indoprofen is an inhibitor of the activity of the caspase-4 enzyme.[2]
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.
- Smith C, Soti S, Jones Torey A, Nakagawa A, Xue D, and Yin H (2017). "NSAIDs are Caspase Inhibitors". Cell Chem Biol. 24 (3): 281–292. doi:10.1016/j.chembiol.2017.02.003. PMID 28238723.
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