Caspase 6

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CASP6
Gene ontology
Molecular function
Cellular component
Biological process
Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001226
NM_032992

NM_009811

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001217
NP_116787

NP_033941

Location (UCSC)Chr 4: 109.69 – 109.7 MbChr 3: 129.7 – 129.71 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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Caspase-6 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CASP6 gene.[5][6] CASP6

neurodegeneration in Huntington's and Alzheimer's disease.[11]

Function

This gene encodes a protein that is a member of the

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 is processed by caspases 7, 8 and 10, and is thought to function as a downstream enzyme in the caspase activation cascade. Caspase 6 can also undergo self-processing without other members of the caspase family.[12] Alternative splicing of this gene results in two transcript variants that encode different isoforms.[13]

Caspase-6 plays a role in the early immune response via de-repression. It reduces the expression of the immunosuppressant cytokine interleukin-10[9] and cleaves the macrophage suppressing IRAK-M.[10]

With respect to

APP in Alzheimer's disease. Resulting in both cases in protein aggregation of the fragments.[11]

Interactions

Caspase 6 has been shown to

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000138794Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000027997Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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  7. ^ "OrthoMaM phylogenetic marker: CASP6 coding sequence". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
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  13. ^ "Entrez Gene: CASP6 caspase 6, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase".
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