What is the function of caspases?
['Caspases are the ultimate executors of the apoptotic programmed cell death pathway.', 'Members of the caspase family of cysteine proteases coordinate the morphological and biochemical events that typify apoptosis. ', 'Caspase function is known to be essential for cell death by apoptosis,', 'Caspases, initially identified as a family of proteases regulating cell death, have been found to have nonapoptotic functions as well.', '. As in other organisms, apoptosis is executed by caspases.', 'Caspases are intracellular proteases that propagate programmed cell death, proliferation, and inflammation. ', 'Apoptosis is dependent upon caspase activation leading to substrate cleavage and, ultimately, cell death.', 'Caspases are a family of evolutionarily conserved cysteine proteases that constitute the effector arm of the apoptotic machinery.', 'Caspases are critical mediators of apoptosis, the principle mechanism by which extra and harmful cells are eliminated to ensure proper development and maintain cellular homeostasis in all multicellular organisms. ', "Caspases (cysteine-containing aspartate-specific proteases) are at the core of the cell's suicide machinery. These enzymes, once activated, dismantle the cell by selectively cleaving key proteins after aspartate residues. ", 'Programmed cell death plays an important role in maintaining homeostasis during animal development, and has been conserved in animals as different as nematodes and humans. ']
['Caspases are intracellular proteases that propagate programmed cell death, proliferation, and inflammation.']
['Caspases are intracellular proteases that propagate programmed cell death, proliferation, and inflammation.']