A synthesized peptide derived from human Caspase 9
Alternative Synonym:
MCH6, APAF3, APAF-3, PPP1R56, ICE-LAP6
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 2 subunits, large and small, that dimerize to form the active enzyme.