The role of caspases as executioners of apoptosis.

Sharad Kumar, Loretta Dorstyn, Yoon Lim

Biochemical Society transactions 2022 Feb 28

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Caspases are a family of cysteine aspartyl proteases mostly involved in the execution of apoptotic cell death and in regulating inflammation. This article focuses primarily on the evolutionarily conserved function of caspases in apoptosis. We summarise which caspases are involved in apoptosis, how they are activated and regulated, and what substrates they target for cleavage to orchestrate programmed cell death by apoptosis. © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Portland Press Limited on behalf of the Biochemical Society.

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Sharad Kumar, Loretta Dorstyn, Yoon Lim. The role of caspases as executioners of apoptosis. Biochemical Society transactions. 2022 Feb 28;50(1):33-45