Molecular Playground/Caspase-6

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Caspases are proteases critical to apoptosis. Apoptosis can be initiated through either an intrinsic or extrinsic pathway.
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Caspase-6 has been found to have a critical role in neurodegeneration diseases like Alzheimer's and Huntington. The experimental evidence is based on transgenic mice as well as in vitro studies.
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==Additional Resources==
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For additional information, see: [[Cancer]]
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Caspase-6 is a CBI Molecules being studied in the University of Massachusetts Amherst Chemistry-Biology Interface Program at UMass Amherst and on display at the Molecular Playground.

Caspase-6

Caspase-6 from pdb 2WDP

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Caspase-6 has been found to have a critical role in neurodegeneration diseases like Alzheimer's and Huntington. The experimental evidence is based on transgenic mice as well as in vitro studies.

Additional Resources

For additional information, see: Cancer

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