Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 836
Gene name Caspase 3
Gene symbol CASP3
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
CPP32CPP32BSCA-1
Chromosome 4
Chromosome location 4q35.1
Summary The protein encoded by this gene is a cysteine-aspartic acid protease that plays a central role in the execution-phase of cell apoptosis. The encoded protein cleaves and inactivates poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase while it cleaves and activates sterol regulat
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
360
miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT003574 hsa-miR-98-5p Review 19815577
MIRT005292 hsa-let-7a-5p Luciferase reporter assayWestern blot 18758960
MIRT005292 hsa-let-7a-5p Luciferase reporter assayWestern blot 18758960
MIRT006240 hsa-miR-30d-5p Luciferase reporter assayWestern blot 22058146
MIRT006240 hsa-miR-30d-5p Luciferase reporter assayWestern blot 22058146
Transcription factors Transcription factors information provided by TRRUST V2 database.
10
Transcription factor Regulation Reference
ING1 Activation 15662138
ING4 Activation 19895734
NFKB1 Unknown 20056115
PHF10 Unknown 20530714
PML Activation 16253165
Gene ontology (GO) Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
119
GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0001554 Process Luteolysis IEA
GO:0001666 Process Response to hypoxia IEA
GO:0001782 Process B cell homeostasis IEA
GO:0001818 Process Negative regulation of cytokine production IMP 36002459
GO:0002020 Function Protease binding IEA
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
600636 1504 ENSG00000164305
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
P42574
Protein name Caspase-3 (CASP-3) (EC 3.4.22.56) (Apopain) (Cysteine protease CPP32) (CPP-32) (Protein Yama) (SREBP cleavage activity 1) (SCA-1) [Cleaved into: Caspase-3 subunit p17; Caspase-3 subunit p12]
Protein function Thiol protease that acts as a major effector caspase involved in the execution phase of apoptosis (PubMed:18723680, PubMed:20566630, PubMed:23650375, PubMed:35338844, PubMed:35446120, PubMed:7596430). Following cleavage and activation by initiat
PDB 1CP3 , 1GFW , 1I3O , 1NME , 1NMQ , 1NMS , 1PAU , 1QX3 , 1RE1 , 1RHJ , 1RHK , 1RHM , 1RHQ , 1RHR , 1RHU , 2C1E , 2C2K , 2C2M , 2C2O , 2CDR , 2CJX , 2CJY , 2CNK , 2CNL , 2CNN , 2CNO , 2DKO , 2H5I , 2H5J , 2H65 , 2J30 , 2J31 , 2J32 , 2J33 , 2XYG , 2XYH , 2XYP , 2XZD , 2XZT , 2Y0B , 3DEH , 3DEI , 3DEJ , 3DEK , 3EDQ , 3GJQ , 3GJR , 3GJS , 3GJT , 3H0E , 3ITN
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF00656 Peptidase_C14 45 275 Domain
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Highly expressed in lung, spleen, heart, liver and kidney. Moderate levels in brain and skeletal muscle, and low in testis. Also found in many cell lines, highest expression in cells of the immune system. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:7983002}.
Sequence
Sequence length 277
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  KEGG  Reactome
  Platinum drug resistance
MAPK signaling pathway
p53 signaling pathway
Efferocytosis
Apoptosis
Apoptosis - multiple species
Cytosolic DNA-sensing pathway
Natural killer cell mediated cytotoxicity
IL-17 signaling pathway
TNF signaling pathway
Serotonergic synapse
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
AGE-RAGE signaling pathway in diabetic complications
Alcoholic liver disease
Alzheimer disease
Parkinson disease
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Huntington disease
Prion disease
Pathways of neurodegeneration - multiple diseases
Epithelial cell signaling in Helicobacter pylori infection
Pathogenic Escherichia coli infection
Salmonella infection
Pertussis
Legionellosis
Toxoplasmosis
Amoebiasis
Tuberculosis
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis B
Measles
Human cytomegalovirus infection
Influenza A
Human papillomavirus infection
Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus infection
Herpes simplex virus 1 infection
Epstein-Barr virus infection
Human immunodeficiency virus 1 infection
Pathways in cancer
Viral carcinogenesis
Proteoglycans in cancer
MicroRNAs in cancer
Colorectal cancer
Small cell lung cancer
Viral myocarditis
Lipid and atherosclerosis
  Activation of caspases through apoptosome-mediated cleavage
Apoptotic cleavage of cellular proteins
SMAC, XIAP-regulated apoptotic response
Apoptosis induced DNA fragmentation
Signaling by Hippo
NADE modulates death signalling
Caspase-mediated cleavage of cytoskeletal proteins
Apoptotic cleavage of cell adhesion proteins
Caspase activation via Dependence Receptors in the absence of ligand
Other interleukin signaling