Caspases

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Approved Symbol	Approved Name	Previous Symbols	Aliases	Chromosome	Accession Numbers	RefSeq IDs
CASP1	caspase 1, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase (interleukin 1, beta, convertase)	IL1BC	ICE	11q23	U13697	NM_033292
CASP2	caspase 2, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase	NEDD2	ICH1	7q34-q35	AK096245, BC002427, BM998653, BX537669, CB988674, U13021	NM_032982
CASP3	caspase 3, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase		CPP32, CPP32B, Yama, apopain	4q34	BC016926	NM_004346
CASP4	caspase 4, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase		ICE(rel)II, ICH-2, TX	11q22.2-q22.3	U25804	NM_001225
CASP5	caspase 5, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase		ICE(rel)III	11q22.2-q22.3		NM_004347
CASP6	caspase 6, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase		MCH2	4q25	U20536	NM_001226
CASP7	caspase 7, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase		MCH3, CMH-1, ICE-LAP3	10q25	U37448	NM_033338
CASP8	caspase 8, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase		MCH5, MACH, FLICE	2q33-q34	U60520	NM_001228
CASP9	caspase 9, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase		MCH6, ICE-LAP6, APAF-3	1p36.21	U60521	NM_032996
CASP10	caspase 10, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase		MCH4	2q33-q34	U60519	NM_032977
CASP12	caspase 12 (gene/pseudogene)	CASP12P1		11q22.3	AF464191

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