Caspase-8 Products

Description

Caspases are cysteine proteases, expressed as inactive precursors, that mediate apoptosis by proteolysis of specific substrates. Caspases have the ability to cleave after aspartic acid residues. There are two classes of caspases involved in apoptosis; initiators (activation by receptor cluster) and effectors (activation by mitochondrial permeability transition). Proapoptotic signals autocatalytically activate initiator caspases, such as Caspase 8 and Caspase 9. Activated initiator caspases then process effector caspases, such as Caspase 3 and Caspase 7, which in turn cause cell collapse.

Bioinformatics

Entrez	841 Human
Uniprot	Q14790
Product By Gene ID	841
Alternate Names	AIS androgen receptor CASP8 Caspase8 Caspase-8 DHTRTFM Dihydrotestosterone receptorHYSP1 HUMARA Mch5 NR3C4KD Nuclear receptor subfamily 3 group C member 4 SMAX1SBMA spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy

Research Areas for Caspase-8

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Apoptosis
Cancer
Caspases

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