Orthocaspases is a sub-class in the C14 family of cysteine proteases. Similar to metacaspases and paracaspases, the orthocaspases cleave their protein substrates after an arginine.[1]

References

  1. Klemenčič M, Novinec M, Dolinar M (2015). "Orthocaspases are proteolytically active prokaryotic caspase homologues: the case of Microcystis aeruginosa". Mol. Microbiol. 98: 142–50. doi:10.1111/mmi.13110. PMID 26114948.

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