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Caspase 12 is an enzyme known as a cysteine protease. It belongs to a family of enzymes called caspases that cleave their substrates at C-terminal aspartic acid residues. It is closely related to caspase 1 and other members of the caspase family known as inflammatory caspases which process and activate inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin 1 and interleukin 18.