CASP10

Also known as ALPS2, FLICE2, MCH4, Caspase 10, FLICE-2

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Gene data

CASP10

Name: caspase 10
Type: protein-coding
Position: 201,182,693–201,229,428 (+)
Aliases: ALPS2, FLICE-2, FLICE2, MCH4
Ensembl: ENSG00000003400
RefSeq RNA: NM_001206524.2, NM_001206542.2, NM_001230.5, NM_001306083.2, NM_001445571.1
RefSeq protein: NP_001193453.1, NP_001193471.1, NP_001221.2, NP_001293012.1, NP_001432500.1

This gene encodes a protein which is a member of the cysteine-aspartic acid protease (caspase) family. Sequential activation of caspases plays a central role in the execution-phase of cell apoptosis. Caspases exist as inactive proenzymes which undergo proteolytic processing at conserved aspartic residues to produce two subunits, large and small, that dimerize to form the active enzyme. This protein cleaves and activates caspases 3 and 7, and the protein itself is processed by caspase 8. Mutations in this gene are associated with type IIA autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and gastric cancer. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Apr 2011].