Activating Compound | Comment | Organism | Structure |
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palmitate | caspase-2 is activated by an overabundance of saturated long-chain fatty acids like palmitate. Inhibition of amino acid transamination by 10 mM aminooxyacetate blocks caspase activation | Xenopus laevis |
Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Xenopus laevis | - |
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Source Tissue | Comment | Organism | Textmining |
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egg | - |
Xenopus laevis | - |
Substrates | Comment Substrates | Organism | Products | Comment (Products) | Rev. | Reac. |
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N-acetyl-DEVD-4-nitroanilide + H2O | - |
Xenopus laevis | N-acetyl-DEVD + 4-nitroaniline | - |
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General Information | Comment | Organism |
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physiological function | caspase-2 plays a role in lipoapoptosis and is required for cell death | Xenopus laevis |