Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Enzymes and Coenzymes [D08] » Enzymes » Hydrolases » Peptide Hydrolases » Cysteine Proteases » Cysteine Endopeptidases » Separase
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Enzymes and Coenzymes [D08] » Enzymes » Hydrolases » Peptide Hydrolases » Endopeptidases » Cysteine Endopeptidases » Separase
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Proteins » Cell Cycle Proteins » Separase
Description
Separase is a caspase-like cysteine protease, which plays a central role in triggering ANAPHASE by cleaving the SCC1/RAD21 subunit of the cohesin complex. Cohesin holds the sister CHROMATIDS together during METAPHASE and its cleavage results in chromosome segregation. MeSH
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