| Activating Compound | Comment | Organism | Structure |
|---|---|---|---|
| LPS | cytosolic LPS induces Casp11 speck formation. Binding of bacterial LPS to its cytosolic sensor, caspase-11 (Casp11), promotes Casp11 aggregation within a high-molecular-weight complex and activation of caspase-11 catalytic activity | Mus musculus |
| Cloned (Comment) | Organism |
|---|---|
| gene CASP4, recombinant expression of 2xFLAG-tagged wild-type and mutant enzymes in HEK-293T cells | Mus musculus |
| Protein Variants | Comment | Organism |
|---|---|---|
| C254A | site-directed mutagenesis, the catalytically inactive mutant shows highly reduced speck formation, catalytically deficient Casp11 lacks the ability to oligomerize autonomously | Mus musculus |
| C254A/D285A | site-directed mutagenesis, an inactive, IDL-uncleavable Casp11 mutant | Mus musculus |
| D285A | site-directed mutagenesis, mutation of the IDL cleavage site, the non-cleavable mutant shows highly reduced speck formation | Mus musculus |
| additional information | recombinant expression of fluorescently labeled Casp11 in macrophages reveals that cytosolic LPS induces Casp11 speck formation in transformed HEK-293T cells. Both catalytic activity and autoprocessing are required for Casp11 speck formation in an ectopic expression system, and processing of Casp11 via ectopically expressed TEV protease is sufficient to induce Casp11 speck formation. Wild-type caspase-11 recruits catalytically inactive caspase-11 to speck complexes independently of trans-processing | Mus musculus |
| Localization | Comment | Organism | GeneOntology No. | Textmining |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cytosol | - |
Mus musculus | 5829 | - |
| Natural Substrates | Organism | Comment (Nat. Sub.) | Natural Products | Comment (Nat. Pro.) | Rev. | Reac. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gasdermin D + H2O | Mus musculus | - |
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| Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mus musculus | P70343 | cf. caspase-4, EC 3.4.22.57 | - |
| Posttranslational Modification | Comment | Organism |
|---|---|---|
| proteolytic modification | the enzyme needs to be self-cleaved to become activated, autoprocessing at the interdomain linker. Enzyme mutant D285A is non-cleavable. Caspase-11 autoprocessing mediates noncanonical inflammasome assembly | Mus musculus |
| Source Tissue | Comment | Organism | Textmining |
|---|---|---|---|
| macrophage | bone marrow-derived | Mus musculus | - |
| Substrates | Comment Substrates | Organism | Products | Comment (Products) | Rev. | Reac. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gasdermin D + H2O | - |
Mus musculus | ? | - |
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| Subunits | Comment | Organism |
|---|---|---|
| dimer | inducible dimerization activates caspase-11. Formation of a functional Casp11 inflammasome supramolecular organizing center (SMOC) involves additional steps beyond inducible dimerization, overview | Mus musculus |
| additional information | caspase-11 catalytic activity and autoprocessing at the interdomain linker are required for spontaneous caspase-11 oligomerization in recombinant HEK293T cells | Mus musculus |
| Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
|---|---|---|
| CASP11 | - |
Mus musculus |
| General Information | Comment | Organism |
|---|---|---|
| malfunction | wild-type caspase-11 recruits catalytically inactive caspase-11 to speck complexes independently of trans-processing. Catalytically inactive enzyme mutant and non-cleavable enzyme mutant show highly reduced speck formation | Mus musculus |
| metabolism | caspases-1 and -11 are inflammatory caspases that are recruited into inflammasome supramolecular organizing centers (SMOCs), which mediate the effector function of the PRR signaling pathway in response to microbial infection or pathologic stimulus, in response to the cytosolic presence of pathogen-derived signals or molecules. Caspase-11 autoprocessing mediates noncanonical inflammasome assembly, overview | Mus musculus |
| physiological function | inflammasomes recruit caspases to undergo proximity-induced autoprocessing into an enzymatically active form that cleaves downstream targets. Binding of bacterial LPS to its cytosolic sensor, caspase-11 (Casp11), promotes Casp11 aggregation within a high-molecular-weight complex known as the noncanonical inflammasome, where it is activated to cleave gasdermin D and induce pyroptosis. Casp11 catalytic activity and autoprocessing are required for Casp11 to form LPS-induced specks in macrophages and both catalytic activity and autoprocessing are required for Casp11 speck formation downstream of homodimerization in an ectopic expression system, and processing of Casp11 via ectopically expressed TEV protease is sufficient to induce Casp11 speck formation, detailed overview. Caspase-11 autoprocessing mediates noncanonical inflammasome assembly | Mus musculus |