The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Caspase 6, Apoptosis-Related Cysteine Peptidase across different species:

caspase 6, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase (CASP6), caspase 6 (Casp6), caspase-6 (xCaspase-6), caspase 6, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase (casp6), caspase 6 (CASP6), caspase-6 (CpipJ_CPIJ017008), Caspase-6 (casp6)

Other aliases include:

MCH2, Mch2, mCASP-6, MGC93335, xCaspase-6, mch2, caspase-6, CASP6, MGC127633, zgc:112960, casp6

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Caspase 6, Apoptosis-Related Cysteine Peptidase:

caspase 6 – apoptotic protease MCH-2 – caspase 6, apoptosis-related cysteine protease – caspase-6 – caspase 6, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase – caspase-6a – Caspase-6

Caspase 6, Apoptosis-Related Cysteine Peptidase fulfills a number of functions:

cysteine-type endopeptidase activity – peptidase activity – protein binding – cysteine-type peptidase activity – hydrolase activity – endopeptidase activity

Caspase 6, Apoptosis-Related Cysteine Peptidase is relevant to the following processes:

apoptosis – induction of apoptosis – proteolysis – regulation of apoptosis – acute inflammatory response to non-antigenic stimulus – lens development in camera-type eye – positive regulation of apoptosis – positive regulation of neuron apoptosis – positive regulation of retinal cell programmed cell death – response to cytokine stimulus – response to estradiol stimulus – response to gamma radiation – response to glucose stimulus – response to heat – response to hydrogen peroxide – response to iron ion – response to metal ion – response to organic nitrogen – response to organic substance – response to testosterone stimulus

Locations for Caspase 6, Apoptosis-Related Cysteine Peptidase:

cytoplasm – cytosol – nucleoplasm – nucleus

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology