ICE Protease-Activating Factor (IRAP) ELISA Kit for Mouse

In C. elegans, Ced4 binds and activates Ced3, an apoptotic initiator caspase, via caspase-associated recruitment domains (CARDs). Human Ced4 homologs include APAF1 (MIM 602233), NOD1/CARD4 (MIM 605980), and NOD2/CARD15 (MIM 605956). These proteins have at least 1 N-terminal CARD domain followed by a centrally located nucleotide-binding domain (NBD or NACHT) and a C-terminal regulatory domain, found only in mammals, that contains either WD40 repeats or leucine-rich repeats (LRRs). CARD12 is a member of the Ced4 family and can induce apoptosis.[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]

NLRC4: Key component of inflammasomes that indirectly senses specific proteins from pathogenic bacteria and fungi and responds by assembling an inflammasome complex that promotes caspase-1 activation, cytokine production and macrophage pyroptosis. 4 isoforms of the human protein are produced by alternative splicing.

Protein type: Apoptosis

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 2p22.3

Cellular Component: spindle microtubule; cytoplasm; intracellular; cytosol; nucleus

Molecular Function: identical protein binding; protein binding; protein homodimerization activity; magnesium ion binding; ubiquitin-protein ligase activity; cysteine protease inhibitor activity; ATP binding

Biological Process: caspase activation; detection of bacterium; positive regulation of apoptosis; protein ubiquitination; regulation of signal transduction; activation of NF-kappaB transcription factor; regulation of neuron apoptosis; defense response to bacterium; innate immune response; interleukin-1 beta secretion; inflammatory response; activation of innate immune response; protein homooligomerization; negative regulation of apoptosis

Disease: Autoinflammation With Infantile Enterocolitis; Familial Cold Autoinflammatory Syndrome 4