[Term]
id: PR:000002195
name: caspase-1-like protease
def: "A protein that is a translation product of a family of genes that includes CASP1, CASP2, CASP4, CASP5, CASP9 and others. The core architecture consists of a Caspase recruitment domain (Pfam:PF00619), Caspase domain (Pfam:PF00656) and a PAAD/DAPIN/Pyrin domain (Pfam:PF02758). Encoded as zymogens, the activated proteins are cysteine proteases typically involved in apoptosis." [PRO:WCB]
comment: Category=family.
xref: PIRSF:PIRSF038001
is_a: PR:000000001 ! protein