Caspase 1

Caspase-1/Interleukin-1 converting enzyme (ICE) is an evolutionarily conserved enzyme that proteolytically cleaves other proteins, such as the precursors of the inflammatory cytokines interleukin 1β and interleukin 18 as well as the pyroptosis inducer Gasdermin D, into active mature peptides. It plays a central role in cell immunity as an inflammatory response initiator. Once activated through formation of an inflammasome complex, it initiates a proinflammatory response through the cleavage and thus activation of the two inflammatory cytokines, interleukin 1β (IL-1β) and interleukin 18 (IL-18) as well as pyroptosis, a programmed lytic cell death pathway, through cleavage of Gasdermin D. The two inflammatory cytokines activated by Caspase-1 are excreted from the cell to further induce the inflammatory response in neighboring cells.

CASP1
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesCASP1, ICE, IL1BC, P45, caspase 1
External IDsOMIM: 147678 MGI: 96544 HomoloGene: 133272 GeneCards: CASP1
EC number3.4.22.36
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

834

12362

Ensembl

ENSG00000137752

ENSMUSG00000025888

UniProt

P29466

P29452

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_009807

RefSeq (protein)

NP_033937

Location (UCSC)Chr 11: 105.03 – 105.04 MbChr 9: 5.3 – 5.31 Mb
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