Caspase 13

n/an/an/an/anan/an/an/an/an/aCaspase 13 or ERICE ("evolutionarily related interleukin-1β converting enzyme") is a protein that was identified in cattle.

It belongs to a family of enzymes called caspases that cleave their substrates at C-terminal aspartic acid residues.

Although this enzyme was originally reported as a human caspase that could be activated by caspase 8,[1] later studies confirmed the gene identified for caspase 13 came from bovine origin, and is the likely orthologue of human caspase 4.

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