| caspase 4, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase | |||||||
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| 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 | ||||||
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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]
The anti-inflammatory drug indoprofen is an inhibitor of the activity of the caspase-4 enzyme.[2]