Background of the antigen
Caspase-6 is involved in the activation cascade of caspases responsible for apoptosis execution. Cleaves poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase in vitro, as well as lamins. Overexpression promotes programmed cell death. Subunit is compose of heterodimer of a18 kDa (p18) and a 11 kDa (p11) subunit. Subcellular location at cytoplasmic. Cleavages by CPP32, caspase-8 or -10 generate the two active subunits. It belongs to the peptidase C14 family.