Caspase-3

<p>This section provides any useful information about the protein, mostly biological knowledge.<p><a href='/help/function_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Functionⁱ

<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/function_section">Function</a> section describes the catalytic activity of an enzyme, i.e. the chemical reaction it catalyzes. This information usually correlates with the presence of an EC (Enzyme Commission) number in the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/names_and_taxonomy_section">Names and taxonomy</a> section.<p><a href='/help/catalytic_activity' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Catalytic activityⁱ

<p>This subsection of the ‘Function’ section describes regulatory mechanisms for enzymes, transporters or microbial transcription factors, and reports the components which regulate (by activation or inhibition) the reaction.<p><a href='/help/activity_regulation' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Activity regulationⁱ

Sites

<p>The <a href="http://www.geneontology.org/">Gene Ontology (GO)</a> project provides a set of hierarchical controlled vocabulary split into 3 categories:<p><a href='/help/gene_ontology' target='_top'>More...</a></p>GO - Molecular functionⁱ

• aspartic-type endopeptidase activity Source: ReactomeInferred from experimentⁱ
  • 9796814
• cyclin-dependent protein serine/threonine kinase inhibitor activity Source: Ensembl
• cysteine-type endopeptidase activator activity involved in apoptotic process Source: Reactome
• cysteine-type endopeptidase activity Source: UniProtKB <p>Inferred from Direct Assay</p> <p>Used to indicate a direct assay for the function, process or component indicated by the GO term.</p> <p>More information in the <a href="http://geneontology.org/page/guide-go-evidence-codes#ida">GO evidence code guide</a></p> Inferred from direct assayⁱ
  • 16920334
  • 19240112
  • 21726810
• cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic process Source: UniProtKBInferred from direct assayⁱ
  • 23729654
• cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic signaling pathway Source: UniProtKB <p>Inferred from Mutant Phenotype</p> <p>Describes annotations that are concluded from looking at variations or changes in a gene product such as mutations or abnormal levels and includes techniques such as knockouts, overexpression, anti-sense experiments and use of specific protein inhibitors.</p> <p>More information in the <a href="http://geneontology.org/page/guide-go-evidence-codes#imp">GO evidence code guide</a></p> Inferred from mutant phenotypeⁱ
  • 21980415
• cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in execution phase of apoptosis Source: UniProtKBInferred from mutant phenotypeⁱ
  • 17559062
• death receptor binding Source: Ensembl
• peptidase activity Source: UniProtKBInferred from direct assayⁱ
  • 17167422
• phospholipase A2 activator activity Source: Ensembl
• protease binding Source: Ensembl
• protein-containing complex binding Source: Ensembl

GO - Biological processⁱ

• apoptotic DNA fragmentation Source: Reactome
• apoptotic process Source: UniProtKBInferred from mutant phenotypeⁱ
  • 15565177
• apoptotic signaling pathway Source: BHF-UCL <p>Traceable Author Statement</p> <p>Used for information from review articles where the original experiments are traceable through that article and also for information from text books or dictionaries.</p> <p>More information in the <a href="http://geneontology.org/page/guide-go-evidence-codes#tas">GO evidence code guide</a></p> Traceable author statementⁱ
  • 10521396
• B cell homeostasis Source: Ensembl
• cell fate commitment Source: Ensembl
• cellular response to DNA damage stimulus Source: Ensembl
• cellular response to staurosporine Source: CAFAInferred from mutant phenotypeⁱ
  • 22253444
• cytokine-mediated signaling pathway Source: Reactome
• erythrocyte differentiation Source: UniProtKBInferred from direct assayⁱ
  • 17167422
• execution phase of apoptosis Source: UniProtKBInferred from direct assayⁱ
  • 8689682
• extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway in absence of ligand Source: Reactome
• glial cell apoptotic process Source: Ensembl
• heart development Source: Ensembl
• hippocampus development Source: Ensembl
• hippo signaling Source: Reactome
• intrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway in response to osmotic stress Source: Ensembl
• keratinocyte differentiation Source: GO_Central
• learning or memory Source: Ensembl
• negative regulation of activated T cell proliferation Source: Ensembl
• negative regulation of apoptotic process Source: MGI <p>Inferred from Genetic Interaction</p> <p>Used to describe “traditional” genetic interactions such as suppressors and synthetic lethals as well as other techniques such as functional complementation, rescue experiments, or inferences about a gene drawn from the phenotype of a mutation in a different gene.</p> <p>More information in the <a href="http://geneontology.org/page/guide-go-evidence-codes#igi">GO evidence code guide</a></p> Inferred from genetic interactionⁱ
  • 9353287
• negative regulation of B cell proliferation Source: Ensembl
• negative regulation of cyclin-dependent protein serine/threonine kinase activity Source: Ensembl
• neuron apoptotic process Source: Ensembl
• neuron differentiation Source: GO_Central
• neurotrophin TRK receptor signaling pathway Source: MGIInferred from direct assayⁱ
  • 23954828
• platelet formation Source: UniProtKBTraceable author statementⁱ
  • 18309324
• positive regulation of neuron apoptotic process Source: Ensembl
• protein processing Source: Ensembl
• proteolysis Source: UniProtKBInferred from direct assayⁱ
  • 12888622
• regulation of macroautophagy Source: ParkinsonsUK-UCLTraceable author statementⁱ
  • 19549685
• response to amino acid Source: Ensembl
• response to cobalt ion Source: Ensembl
• response to estradiol Source: Ensembl
• response to glucocorticoid Source: Ensembl
• response to glucose Source: Ensembl
• response to hydrogen peroxide Source: Ensembl
• response to hypoxia Source: Ensembl
• response to lipopolysaccharide Source: Ensembl
• response to nicotine Source: Ensembl
• response to tumor necrosis factor Source: BHF-UCLTraceable author statementⁱ
  • 10521396
• response to UV Source: Ensembl
• response to X-ray Source: Ensembl
• sensory perception of sound Source: Ensembl
• T cell homeostasis Source: Ensembl
• wound healing Source: Ensembl

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Enzyme and pathway databases

Protein family/group databases

<p>This section provides information about the protein and gene name(s) and synonym(s) and about the organism that is the source of the protein sequence.<p><a href='/help/names_and_taxonomy_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Names & Taxonomyⁱ

Organism-specific databases

<p>This section provides information on the location and the topology of the mature protein in the cell.<p><a href='/help/subcellular_location_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Subcellular locationⁱ

Keywords - Cellular componentⁱ

<p>This section provides information on the disease(s) and phenotype(s) associated with a protein.<p><a href='/help/pathology_and_biotech_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Pathology & Biotechⁱ

Organism-specific databases

Chemistry databases

Polymorphism and mutation databases

<p>This section describes post-translational modifications (PTMs) and/or processing events.<p><a href='/help/ptm_processing_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>PTM / Processingⁱ

Molecule processing

Amino acid modifications

<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/ptm_processing_section">PTM/processing</a> section describes post-translational modifications (PTMs). This subsection <strong>complements</strong> the information provided at the sequence level or describes modifications for which <strong>position-specific data is not yet available</strong>.<p><a href='/help/post-translational_modification' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Post-translational modificationⁱ

Keywords - PTMⁱ

Proteomic databases

2D gel databases

PTM databases

Miscellaneous databases

<p>This section provides information on the expression of a gene at the mRNA or protein level in cells or in tissues of multicellular organisms.<p><a href='/help/expression_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Expressionⁱ

<p>This subsection of the ‘Expression’ section provides information on the expression of a gene at the mRNA or protein level in cells or in tissues of multicellular organisms. By default, the information is derived from experiments at the mRNA level, unless specified ‘at protein level’. <br></br>Examples: <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P92958#expression">P92958</a>, <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q8TDN4#expression">Q8TDN4</a>, <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/O14734#expression">O14734</a><p><a href='/help/tissue_specificity' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Tissue specificityⁱ

Gene expression databases

Organism-specific databases

<p>This section provides information on the quaternary structure of a protein and on interaction(s) with other proteins or protein complexes.<p><a href='/help/interaction_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Interactionⁱ

<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/interaction_section">'Interaction'</a> section provides information about the protein quaternary structure and interaction(s) with other proteins or protein complexes (with the exception of physiological receptor-ligand interactions which are annotated in the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/function_section">'Function'</a> section).<p><a href='/help/subunit_structure' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Subunit structureⁱ

<p>This subsection of the '<a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/interaction_section%27">Interaction</a> section provides information about binary protein-protein interactions. The data presented in this section are a quality-filtered subset of binary interactions automatically derived from the <a href="http://www.ebi.ac.uk/intact/">IntAct database</a>. It is updated on a monthly basis. Each binary interaction is displayed on a separate line.<p><a href='/help/binary_interactions' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Binary interactionsⁱ

GO - Molecular functionⁱ

• death receptor binding Source: Ensembl
• protease binding Source: Ensembl

Protein-protein interaction databases

Chemistry databases

<p>This section provides information on the tertiary and secondary structure of a protein.<p><a href='/help/structure_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Structureⁱ

Secondary structure

3D structure databases

Miscellaneous databases

<p>This section provides information on sequence similarities with other proteins and the domain(s) present in a protein.<p><a href='/help/family_and_domains_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Family & Domainsⁱ

<p>This subsection of the ‘Family and domains’ section provides information about the sequence similarity with other proteins.<p><a href='/help/sequence_similarities' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequence similaritiesⁱ

Phylogenomic databases

Family and domain databases

<p>This section displays by default the canonical protein sequence and upon request all isoforms described in the entry. It also includes information pertinent to the sequence(s), including <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/sequence_length">length</a> and <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/sequences">molecular weight</a>.<p><a href='/help/sequences_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequence (1+)ⁱ

<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/sequences_section">Sequence</a> section indicates if the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/canonical_and_isoforms">canonical sequence</a> displayed by default in the entry is complete or not.<p><a href='/help/sequence_status' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequence statusⁱ: Complete.

<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/sequences_section">Sequence</a> section indicates if the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/canonical_and_isoforms">canonical sequence</a> displayed by default in the entry is in its mature form or if it represents the precursor.<p><a href='/help/sequence_processing' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequence processingⁱ: The displayed sequence is further processed into a mature form.

This entry has 1 described isoform and 2 potential isoforms that are computationally mapped.Show allAlign All

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MENTENSVDS KSIKNLEPKI IHGSESMDSG ISLDNSYKMD YPEMGLCIII 
        60         70         80         90        100
NNKNFHKSTG MTSRSGTDVD AANLRETFRN LKYEVRNKND LTREEIVELM 
       110        120        130        140        150
RDVSKEDHSK RSSFVCVLLS HGEEGIIFGT NGPVDLKKIT NFFRGDRCRS 
       160        170        180        190        200
LTGKPKLFII QACRGTELDC GIETDSGVDD DMACHKIPVE ADFLYAYSTA 
       210        220        230        240        250
PGYYSWRNSK DGSWFIQSLC AMLKQYADKL EFMHILTRVN RKVATEFESF 
       260        270 
SFDATFHAKK QIPCIVSMLT KELYFYH                          

Experimental Info

Natural variant

Sequence databases

Genome annotation databases

Keywords - Coding sequence diversityⁱ

<p>This section provides links to proteins that are similar to the protein sequence(s) described in this entry at different levels of sequence identity thresholds (100%, 90% and 50%) based on their membership in UniProt Reference Clusters (<a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/uniref">UniRef</a>).<p><a href='/help/similar_proteins_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Similar proteinsⁱ

• 100% Identity
• 90% Identity
• 50% Identity

<p>This section is used to point to information related to entries and found in data collections other than UniProtKB.<p><a href='/help/cross_references_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Cross-referencesⁱ

<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/manual/cross_references_section">Cross-references</a> section provides links to various web resources that are relevant for a specific protein.<p><a href='/help/web_resource' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Web resourcesⁱ

Sequence databases

3D structure databases

Protein-protein interaction databases

Chemistry databases

Protein family/group databases

PTM databases

Polymorphism and mutation databases

2D gel databases

Proteomic databases

Protocols and materials databases

Genome annotation databases

Organism-specific databases

Phylogenomic databases

Enzyme and pathway databases

Miscellaneous databases

Gene expression databases

Family and domain databases

<p>This section provides general information on the entry.<p><a href='/help/entry_information_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Entry informationⁱ

<p>This section contains any relevant information that doesn’t fit in any other defined sections<p><a href='/help/miscellaneous_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Miscellaneousⁱ

Keywords - Technical termⁱ

Documents

1. Human chromosome 4
   Human chromosome 4: entries, gene names and cross-references to MIM
2. Human entries with polymorphisms or disease mutations
   List of human entries with polymorphisms or disease mutations
3. Peptidase families
   Classification of peptidase families and list of entries
4. SIMILARITY comments
   Index of protein domains and families
5. PDB cross-references
   Index of Protein Data Bank (PDB) cross-references
6. Human polymorphisms and disease mutations
   Index of human polymorphisms and disease mutations
7. MIM cross-references
   Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (MIM) cross-references in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot