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Any process that activates or increases the activity of a caspase, any of a group of cysteine proteases involved in apoptosis. The process of introducing a phosphate group into a molecule, usually with the formation of a phosphoric ester, a phosphoric anhydride or a phosphoric amide. Upregulation of the activity of a caspase, any of a group of cysteine proteases involved in apoptosis, by the addition of a phosphate group. Upregulation of the activity of a caspase, any of a group of cysteine proteases involved in apoptosis. A form of programmed cell death that begins when a cell receives internal or external signals that trigger the activity of proteolytic caspases, proceeds through a series of characteristic stages typically including rounding-up of the cell, retraction of pseudopodes, reduction of cellular volume (pyknosis), chromatin condensation, nuclear fragmentation (karyorrhexis), and plasma membrane blebbing (but maintenance of its integrity until the final stages of the process), and ends with the death of the cell. The process of introducing a phosphate group on to a protein. The covalent alteration of one or more amino acids occurring in a protein after the protein has been completely translated and released from the ribosome.

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GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: activation of caspase activity by protein amino acid phosphorylation
Acc: GO:0008636
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: Upregulation of the activity of a caspase, any of a group of cysteine proteases involved in apoptosis, by the addition of a phosphate group.
Synonyms:
  • caspase activation via phosphorylation
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0008636 - activation of caspase activity by protein amino acid phosphorylation (interactive image map)
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