Caspase 3

CASP3
Available structures PDB Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes 1CP3, 1GFW, 1I3O, 1NME, 1NMQ, 1NMS, 1PAU, 1QX3, 1RE1, 1RHJ, 1RHK, 1RHM, 1RHQ, 1RHR, 1RHU, 2C1E, 2C2K, 2C2M, 2C2O, 2CDR, 2CJX, 2CJY, 2CNK, 2CNL, 2CNN, 2CNO, 2DKO, 2H5I, 2H5J, 2H65, 2J30, 2J31, 2J32, 2J33, 2XYG, 2XYH, 2XYP, 2XZD, 2XZT, 2Y0B, 3DEH, 3DEI, 3DEJ, 3DEK, 3EDQ, 3GJQ, 3GJR, 3GJS, 3GJT, 3H0E, 3ITN, 3KJF, 3PCX, 3PD0, 3PD1, 4DCJ, 4DCO, 4DCP, 4EHA, 4EHD, 4EHF, 4EHH, 4EHK, 4EHL, 4EHN, 4JJE, 4JQY, 4JQZ, 4JR0, 4PRY, 4PS0, 4QTX, 4QTY, 4QU0, 4QU5, 4QU8, 4QU9, 4QUA, 4QUB, 4QUD, 4QUE, 4QUG, 4QUH, 4QUI, 4QUJ, 4QUL, 5IC4
Identifiers
Aliases	CASP3, CPP32, CPP32B, SCA-1, caspase 3
External IDs	OMIM: 600636; MGI: 107739; HomoloGene: 37912; GeneCards: CASP3; OMA:CASP3 - orthologs
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 8 (mouse)[1] Band 8 B1.1|8 26.39 cM Start 47,070,326 bp[1] End 47,092,724 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) n/a Top expressed in medial ganglionic eminence barrel cortex Rostral migratory stream neural tube trigeminal ganglion renal corpuscle granulocyte tail of embryo epiblast superior cervical ganglion BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function cysteine-type peptidase activity peptidase activity protein binding phospholipase A2 activator activity cyclin-dependent protein serine/threonine kinase inhibitor activity cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic process cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in execution phase of apoptosis cysteine-type endopeptidase activity hydrolase activity cysteine-type endopeptidase activator activity involved in apoptotic process aspartic-type endopeptidase activity protease binding death receptor binding protein-containing complex binding cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic signaling pathway Cellular component cytoplasm cytosol nucleoplasm death-inducing signaling complex membrane raft nucleus soma Biological process cellular response to organic substance neuron apoptotic process cell fate commitment response to estradiol intracellular signal transduction response to hypoxia response to amino acid apoptotic DNA fragmentation response to organic cyclic compound negative regulation of cyclin-dependent protein serine/threonine kinase activity response to antibiotic platelet formation protein processing response to nicotine response to metal ion negative regulation of cell cycle wound healing response to glucocorticoid cellular response to organic cyclic compound B cell homeostasis negative regulation of apoptotic process hearing response to glucose response to organic substance hippo signaling glial cell apoptotic process keratinocyte differentiation proteolysis cellular response to DNA damage stimulus T cell homeostasis response to tumor necrosis factor negative regulation of activated T cell proliferation heart development response to lipopolysaccharide positive regulation of neuron apoptotic process response to wounding neuron differentiation extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway in absence of ligand learning or memory positive regulation of apoptotic process erythrocyte differentiation apoptotic signaling pathway negative regulation of B cell proliferation response to cobalt ion hippocampus development response to UV response to X-ray response to hydrogen peroxide regulation of macroautophagy neurotrophin TRK receptor signaling pathway execution phase of apoptosis intrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway in response to osmotic stress cellular response to staurosporine apoptotic process cytokine-mediated signaling pathway activation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic process positive regulation of catalytic activity luteolysis axonal fasciculation striated muscle cell differentiation leukocyte apoptotic process regulation of protein stability positive regulation of amyloid-beta formation anterior neural tube closure Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 836 12367 Ensembl ENSG00000164305 ENSMUSG00000031628 UniProt P42574 P70677 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_004346 NM_032991 NM_009810 NM_001284409 RefSeq (protein) NP_004337 NP_116786 NP_001341706 NP_001341708 NP_001341709 NP_001341710 NP_001341711 NP_001341712 NP_001341713 NP_001271338 NP_033940 Location (UCSC) n/a Chr 8: 47.07 – 47.09 Mb PubMed search [2] [3]
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Caspase-3 is a caspase protein that interacts with caspase-8 and caspase-9. It is encoded by the CASP3 gene. CASP3 orthologs^[4] have been identified in numerous mammals for which complete genome data are available. Unique orthologs are also present in birds, lizards, lissamphibians, and teleosts.

The CASP3 protein is a member of the cysteine-aspartic acid protease (caspase) family.^[5] Sequential activation of caspases plays a central role in the execution-phase of cell apoptosis. Caspases exist as inactive proenzymes that undergo proteolytic processing at conserved aspartic residues to produce two subunits, large and small, that dimerize to form the active enzyme. This protein cleaves and activates caspases 6 and 7; and the protein itself is processed and activated by caspases 8, 9, and 10. It is the predominant caspase involved in the cleavage of amyloid-beta 4A precursor protein, which is associated with neuronal death in Alzheimer's disease.^[6] Alternative splicing of this gene results in two transcript variants that encode the same protein.^[7]

Caspase-3 shares many of the typical characteristics common to all currently-known caspases. For example, its active site contains a cysteine residue (Cys-163) and histidine residue (His-121) that stabilize the peptide bond cleavage of a protein sequence to the carboxy-terminal side of an aspartic acid when it is part of a particular 4-amino acid sequence.^[9][10] This specificity allows caspases to be incredibly selective, with a 20,000-fold preference for aspartic acid over glutamic acid.^[11] A key feature of caspases in the cell is that they are present as zymogens, termed procaspases, which are inactive until a biochemical change causes their activation. Each procaspase has an N-terminal large subunit of about 20 kDa followed by a smaller subunit of about 10 kDa, called p20 and p10, respectively.^[12]