Protein Name caspase 9
Organism Rattus norvegicus
Gene ID 58918
Gene Symbol

Casp9

UniProt Q9JHK1 (Q9JHK1_RAT)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 517
Total Number of Articles : 693
Description

caspase 9

Gene Summary

Enables cysteine-type peptidase activity. Involved in several processes, including response to anesthetic; response to indole-3-methanol; and response to ischemia. Located in cytoplasm. Used to study pre-malignant neoplasm. Biomarker of several diseases, including alcohol use disorder; brain disease (multiple); heart disease (multiple); kidney disease (multiple); and neurodegenerative disease (multiple). Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including Parkinson's disease; colorectal cancer; lung non-small cell carcinoma; pancreatic cancer; and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Orthologous to human CASP9 (caspase 9). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jun 2025]

synonyms
  • caspase-9
  • 25 kDa caspase-9 dominant negative protein
  • Ice-like apoptotic protease 6
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