Symbol: ced-3 Name: CEll Death abnormality Entrez gene ID: 178272 Ensembl gene ID: C48D1.2 Species: Worm (Taxid: 6239) Functional description: Caspase in Apoptosis; Acts as a cysteine protease in controlling programmed cell death by proteolytically activating or inactivating a substrate protein or proteins, a potential substrate may be ced-4. Alternatively it might directly cause cell death by proteolytically cleaving proteins that are crucial for cell viability. [UniProt] Observation: RNA interference of ced-3 in adulthood results in a 19% increase in mean lifespan [17411345]. The ced-3(n1286) allele has no effect on lifespan, although the transgenic animals are defective in apoptosis [12136014]. Interventions: Assays: Organismal Lifespan Classification: Aging Relevance Analysis/Source: Homologs Edit \ Update (Admin) | Delete |
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