title: ICE-related proteases in apoptosis.
abstract: Apoptotic execution involves numerous enzymatic pathways, all of which appear to be triggered by the activation of one or more ICE-related proteases (IRPs). Considerable effort is currently being expended in the identification and functional characterization of the rapidly expanding superfamily of IRPs. Important questions that remain unsolved include the identity of the vertebrate IRP that triggers the apoptotic cascade and the identities of the crucial substrates whose cleavage results in the dramatic morphological changes during apoptosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Earnshaw
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology*; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D020170:Caspase 1; D020169:Caspases; D016923:Cell Death / Q000502:physiology; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism*; D015801:Helminth Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D015801:Helminth Proteins; D020169:Caspases; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; C089223:ced-3 protein, C elegans; D020170:Caspase 1