Caspase 5 is an enzyme that proteolytically cleaves other proteins at an aspartic acid residue and belongs to a family of cysteine proteases called caspases. It is an inflammatory caspase along with caspase 1 caspase 4 and the murine caspase 4 homolog caspase 11 and has a role in the immune system.
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