cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in execution phase of apoptosis
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Catalysis of the hydrolysis of internal, alpha-peptide bonds in a polypeptide chain by a mechanism in which the sulfhydryl group of a cysteine residue at the active center acts as a nucleophile, and contributing to the execution phase of apoptosis. [ GOC:mtg_apoptosis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspase ]
Term information
Examples of gene products that may be annotated to this term include CASP3, CASP6 and CASP7, also called effector (or executioner) caspases.
Term relations
- cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic process
- part of some execution phase of apoptosis