CASP10

UniProt ID: Q92851
Organism: Homo sapiens
Review Status: COMPLETE
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Gene Description

CASP10 is a tandem-death-effector-domain initiator caspase recruited by FADD to Fas/CD95 and TRAIL death-inducing signaling complexes and to related cytosolic death platforms. Proximity-induced CASP10 activation generates an Asp-directed cysteine endopeptidase that can mature downstream caspases; prodomain-only isoforms can instead scaffold NF-kappaB signaling, and a CASP10-c-FLIP(L) protease complex has a survival role in myeloma cells by cleaving BCLAF1 to restrain autophagic cell death.

Functional Isoforms

Curated functional classes representing distinct biological activities. These may be splice variants, cleavage products, or other forms with different functions.

Catalytic DED-caspase isoforms SPLICE CLASS
ID: CASP10_FULL_LENGTH
UNIPROT ISOFORM: Q92851-1, Q92851-2, Q92851-4, Q92851-5, Q92851-6
Full-length CASP10 splice products retain the tandem death effector domains and catalytic peptidase region used for death-receptor recruitment and Asp-directed cysteine endopeptidase activity.
Isoform-specific terms: cysteine-type endopeptidase activity death effector domain binding
Proteolytically inactive isoform C SPLICE VARIANT
ID: CASP10_C
UNIPROT ISOFORM: Q92851-3
Isoform C lacks most of the catalytic region and is described by UniProt as proteolytically inactive; it may also be produced at low levels because its transcript is predicted to be nonsense-mediated decay-sensitive.
DED-only isoform 7 SPLICE VARIANT
ID: CASP10_7
UNIPROT ISOFORM: Q92851-7
Isoform 7 retains the tandem death effector domains but lacks the catalytic subunits, and UniProt reports that it can enhance NF-kappaB activity while promoting only weak apoptosis.
Isoform-specific terms: positive regulation of canonical NF-kappaB signal transduction death effector domain binding

Existing Annotations Review

GO Term Evidence Action Reason
GO:0004197 cysteine-type endopeptidase activity
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: CASP10 is a catalytically active C14A family initiator caspase.
Reason: The PAINT active-caspase transfer is appropriate for CASP10 because human CASP10 retains the caspase fold and catalytic His/Cys residues and hydrolyzes Asp-directed peptide substrates.
Propagation Review
Root cause: NO FAILURE CORE
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN000047947 SUPPORTS TRANSFER
The PAINT active-caspase node transfers to catalytically active human CASP10.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/CASP10/CASP10-uniprot.txt
Strict requirement for Asp at position P1 and has a preferred
file:human/CASP10/CASP10-uniprot.txt
FT ACT_SITE 358
file:human/CASP10/CASP10-uniprot.txt
FT ACT_SITE 401
file:human/CASP10/CASP10-uniprot.txt
DR PANTHER; PTHR48169:SF7; CASPASE 10; 1.
GO:0004197 cysteine-type endopeptidase activity
IDA
PMID:16916640
Engineered hybrid dimers: tracking the activation pathway of...
ACCEPT
Summary: CASP10 has Asp-directed cysteine endopeptidase activity.
Reason: The cached abstract for this CASP7 activation paper hides the CASP10 assay details, but UniProt uses the study for CASP10 catalytic activity and the activity is independently established for this active initiator caspase.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/CASP10/CASP10-uniprot.txt
Strict requirement for Asp at position P1 and has a preferred
GO:0004197 cysteine-type endopeptidase activity
IDA
PMID:16920334
Protective role of Cop in Rip2/caspase-1/caspase-4-mediated ...
UNDECIDED
Summary: The COP/CARD-only protein abstract does not verify a CASP10-specific catalytic assay.
Reason: The full text is unavailable locally, and the abstract is centered on CARD-only protein, RIP2, caspase-1, and caspase-4 rather than the CASP10 activity row.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16920334
Protective role of Cop in Rip2/caspase-1/caspase-4-mediated HeLa cell death.
GO:0004197 cysteine-type endopeptidase activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
ACCEPT
Summary: The InterPro caspase-domain mapping correctly recovers CASP10 cysteine endopeptidase activity.
Reason: Unlike the pseudo-caspase c-FLIP, CASP10 has both p20/p10 peptidase domains and the conserved catalytic residues needed for C14A caspase activity.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/CASP10/CASP10-uniprot.txt
Strict requirement for Asp at position P1 and has a preferred
file:human/CASP10/CASP10-uniprot.txt
DR InterPro; IPR001309; Pept_C14_p20.
file:human/CASP10/CASP10-uniprot.txt
DR InterPro; IPR002138; Pept_C14_p10.
GO:0004197 cysteine-type endopeptidase activity
IMP
PMID:11717445
Caspase-10 is an initiator caspase in death receptor signali...
ACCEPT
Summary: CASP10 is catalytically active during Fas and TRAIL death-receptor signaling.
Reason: Wang et al. established CASP10 as an initiator caspase recruited and activated at Fas and TRAIL receptor complexes.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11717445
caspase-10 can function independently of caspase-8 in
PMID:11717445
caspase-8 and -10 both interact with the death-effector domain of FADD.
GO:0004197 cysteine-type endopeptidase activity
IMP
PMID:21980415
Identification of a conserved anti-apoptotic protein that mo...
ACCEPT
Summary: CASP10 activity is induced in a CAAP-suppressed mitochondrial amplification loop.
Reason: CAAP depletion is not the canonical death-receptor context, but the paper measured increased CASP10 activity and a CASP10-dependent apoptotic amplification loop.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21980415
2.6-fold increase in caspase-10 activity for the substrate AEVD-pNA
PMID:21980415
requires both caspase-3 and -10
GO:0004197 cysteine-type endopeptidase activity
TAS
PMID:10412980
Inherited human Caspase 10 mutations underlie defective lymp...
ACCEPT
Summary: ALPS CASP10 variants reduce death-receptor apoptosis through impaired caspase function.
Reason: Inherited CASP10 missense variants decreased caspase activity and disrupted Fas ligand/TRAIL-induced apoptosis, supporting CASP10 as an active apoptotic caspase.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10412980
missense mutations in Caspase 10. These encode amino acid substitutions that decrease caspase activity
GO:0004197 cysteine-type endopeptidase activity
TAS
PMID:8755496
In vitro activation of CPP32 and Mch3 by Mch4, a novel human...
ACCEPT
Summary: The original Mch4 cloning paper established CASP10 as an active cysteine endopeptidase.
Reason: Recombinant Mch4/CASP10 generated an active protease that could cleave downstream effector procaspases in vitro.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8755496
Expression of Mch4 in Escherichia coli produced an active
PMID:8755496
CPP32 and Mch3 are targets of mature Mch4 protease in apoptotic cells.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:12884866
Caspase-8 and caspase-10 activate NF-kappaB through RIP, NIK...
UNDECIDED
Summary: The NF-kappaB abstract verifies prodomain CASP10 signaling but not this exact P39429 partner row.
Reason: The full text is unavailable locally and the abstract only names RIP and NIK as direct prodomain-CASP8/10 binders.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12884866
only NIK and RIP, but not RICK or IKKalpha/beta, could directly bind to PDCasp8/10.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:12884866
Caspase-8 and caspase-10 activate NF-kappaB through RIP, NIK...
REMOVE
Summary: CASP10 prodomain binding to RIPK1 is real but uninformative as a standalone protein-binding row.
Reason: The mechanistic assertion from this paper is CASP10 prodomain-dependent NF-kappaB activation through RIP/NIK/IKKalpha, not a durable generic protein-binding molecular function for CASP10.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12884866
only NIK and RIP, but not RICK or IKKalpha/beta, could directly bind to PDCasp8/10.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:12884866
Caspase-8 and caspase-10 activate NF-kappaB through RIP, NIK...
UNDECIDED
Summary: The NF-kappaB abstract verifies prodomain CASP10 signaling but not this exact Q61160 partner row.
Reason: The full text is unavailable locally and the abstract only names RIP and NIK as direct prodomain-CASP8/10 binders.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12884866
only NIK and RIP, but not RICK or IKKalpha/beta, could directly bind to PDCasp8/10.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:12887920
Induction of TNF receptor I-mediated apoptosis via two seque...
UNDECIDED
Summary: The TNFR1 complex-II abstract does not expose a CASP10-c-FLIP interaction assay.
Reason: The cached abstract names FADD, CASP8, RIPK1 and FLIP(L) in TNFR1 complex II, but not CASP10, so the exact CASP10 partner row should be deferred to a full-text check.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12887920
RIP1 associate with FADD and caspase-8, forming a cytoplasmic complex
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:12887920
Induction of TNF receptor I-mediated apoptosis via two seque...
UNDECIDED
Summary: The TNFR1 complex-II abstract does not expose a CASP10-CASP8 interaction assay.
Reason: The cached abstract names FADD, CASP8, RIPK1 and FLIP(L) in TNFR1 complex II, but not CASP10, so the exact CASP10 partner row should be deferred to a full-text check.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12887920
RIP1 associate with FADD and caspase-8, forming a cytoplasmic complex
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:17159907
Palmitoylation of CD95 facilitates formation of SDS-stable r...
MODIFY
Summary: CD95 hiDISCs recruit CASP10; the informative cellular-component assertion is CD95 DISC membership.
Reason: The CD95 palmitoylation paper supports recruitment of CASP10 to high-molecular-weight CD95 DISCs, not an informative standalone CASP8-binding function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17159907
DISC) with maximal recruitment of FADD, caspase-8/10 and c-FLIP occurring when
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:17479112
Ectopic expression of the serine protease inhibitor PI9 modu...
REMOVE
Summary: SERPINB9/PI9 can interact with active CASP10, but the CASP10-side generic binding row is uninformative.
Reason: The meaningful molecular function is the serpin activity of PI9 toward intermediate active caspase-8 and -10 forms; this row does not define a specific CASP10 activity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:17479112
PI9 inhibited apoptotic death by directly interacting with the intermediate active forms of caspase-8 and -10.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:19557502
RIOK3 interacts with caspase-10 and negatively regulates the...
REMOVE
Summary: RIOK3 binding modulates CASP10-dependent NF-kappaB signaling but is not a specific CASP10 molecular function.
Reason: The interaction is direct, but the abstract does not justify a better CASP10 MF term and the generic protein-binding row adds no information about CASP10 activity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:19557502
RIOK3 interacted with caspase-10, and further, a GST pull-down assay and endogenous coimmunoprecipitation validated the interaction.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:21988832
Toward an understanding of the protein interaction network o...
REMOVE
Summary: The liver Y2H paper contributes only a large-scale generic PPI row.
Reason: This high-throughput interactome screen does not provide mechanistic CASP10 evidence in the cached text, so the broad protein-binding row should not be retained.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21988832
we map the interactions of an unbiased selection of 5026 human liver expression proteins by yeast two-hybrid technology
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:23541952
Control of autophagic cell death by caspase-10 in multiple m...
MODIFY
Summary: The CASP10-c-FLIP(L) myeloma complex is better represented by CASP10 negative regulation of autophagic cell death.
Reason: In myeloma cells, IRF4 induces CASP10 and c-FLIP(L) to form a protease that cleaves BCLAF1 and restrains lethal autophagy; this is a direct noncanonical CASP10 function rather than generic binding.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:23541952
generating a protease that does not induce apoptosis but rather blocks an autophagy-dependent cell death pathway. Caspase-10 inhibits autophagy by cleaving the BCL2-interacting protein BCLAF1
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:25241761
Using an in situ proximity ligation assay to systematically ...
REMOVE
Summary: The proximity-ligation row is an uninformative generic PPI import.
Reason: The cached abstract describes a pathway-scale PPI resource but does not establish a specific CASP10 activity to replace bare protein binding.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25241761
Using an in situ proximity ligation assay to systematically profile endogenous protein-protein interactions in a pathway network.
GO:0005515 protein binding
IPI
PMID:25416956
A proteome-scale map of the human interactome network.
REMOVE
Summary: The Rolland interactome row is an uninformative high-throughput XIAP protein-binding edge.
Reason: A proteome-scale Y2H screen is not enough to keep a bare GO:0005515 assertion for CASP10 when no mechanistic CASP10 activity is exposed in the paper body.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25416956
A proteome-scale map of the human interactome network.
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: CASP10 acts in the cytoplasm, but cytoplasm is a broad location relative to DISC and ripoptosome contexts.
Reason: The PAINT location transfer is defensible for an initiator caspase that acts in cytosolic and receptor-proximal complexes, but complex-specific membership is more informative.
Propagation Review
Root cause: NO FAILURE NON CORE
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN000047947 SUPPORTS TRANSFER
Cytoplasm is defensible for CASP10 but secondary to DISC and ripoptosome localization.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/CASP10/CASP10-uniprot.txt
Found in a Fas signaling CC complex consisting of FAS, FADD, CASP8 and CASP10.
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: The ARBA cytoplasm row is correct but broad.
Reason: CASP10 is recruited from the cytosol to FADD-organized complexes; this generic location is less informative than CD95 DISC or ripoptosome membership.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/CASP10/CASP10-uniprot.txt
Found in a Fas signaling CC complex consisting of FAS, FADD, CASP8 and CASP10.
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-141310
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome projects CASP10 to cytosol for the FasL/CD95 event.
Reason: Cytosol is a plausible CASP10 location, but this row is a pathway-event projection rather than independent localization evidence.
Supporting Evidence:
Reactome:R-HSA-141310
FADD recruits caspase-10 precursor
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-141316
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome projects CASP10 to cytosol for the TRAIL receptor event.
Reason: Cytosol is a plausible CASP10 location, but this row is a pathway-event projection rather than independent localization evidence.
Supporting Evidence:
Reactome:R-HSA-141316
Caspase-10 precursor is recruited to the TRAIL:TRAIL receptor-2:FADD complex
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-6798139
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome projects CASP10 to cytosol for the TP53-induced CASP10 expression event.
Reason: Cytosol is a plausible CASP10 location, but this row is a pathway-event projection rather than independent localization evidence.
Supporting Evidence:
Reactome:R-HSA-6798139
TP53 (p53) stimulates CASP10 expression
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-933523
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome projects CASP10 to cytosol for the procaspase-8/10 dimerization event.
Reason: Cytosol is a plausible CASP10 location, but this row is a pathway-event projection rather than independent localization evidence.
Supporting Evidence:
Reactome:R-HSA-933523
Procaspase-8/10 undergo dimerization
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-933526
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome projects CASP10 to cytosol for the RIG-I/MDA5 FADD recruitment event.
Reason: Cytosol is a plausible CASP10 location, but this row is a pathway-event projection rather than independent localization evidence.
Supporting Evidence:
Reactome:R-HSA-933526
Caspase-8 (CASP8) and caspase-10 (CASP10) are involved in RIG-I
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-933532
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome projects CASP10 to cytosol for the caspase processing after dsRNA stimulation event.
Reason: Cytosol is a plausible CASP10 location, but this row is a pathway-event projection rather than independent localization evidence.
Supporting Evidence:
Reactome:R-HSA-933532
Processing of caspases is required for activation of downstream signaling
GO:0005829 cytosol
TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-933539
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Reactome projects CASP10 to cytosol for the IKK recruitment in the NF-kappaB branch event.
Reason: Cytosol is a plausible CASP10 location, but this row is a pathway-event projection rather than independent localization evidence.
Supporting Evidence:
Reactome:R-HSA-933539
Recruitment of IKK complex
GO:0006508 proteolysis
IEA
GO_REF:0000002
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: CASP10 cleaves protein substrates, but proteolysis is broad relative to its initiator-caspase roles.
Reason: The InterPro mapping correctly recognizes a protease, but cysteine-type endopeptidase activity and specific maturation events capture CASP10 more precisely.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/CASP10/CASP10-uniprot.txt
Strict requirement for Asp at position P1 and has a preferred
GO:0006915 apoptotic process
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
MODIFY
Summary: CASP10 is a death-receptor initiator; top-level apoptotic process should be narrowed.
Reason: The active apoptotic caspase transfer is related, but CASP10 is best scoped to death-domain receptor signaling rather than undifferentiated apoptosis.
Propagation Review
Root cause: TERM SCOPING PROBLEM
Failure modes: GRANULARITY MISMATCH
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN000047947 SUPPORTS SOURCE BUT NOT TARGET
The node supports inherited active apoptotic-caspase biology, but CASP10 should be scoped to death-domain receptor signaling rather than top-level apoptotic process.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11717445
caspase-10 can function independently of caspase-8 in
PMID:11717445
caspase-8 and -10 both interact with the death-effector domain of FADD.
GO:0006915 apoptotic process
TAS
PMID:10412980
Inherited human Caspase 10 mutations underlie defective lymp...
MODIFY
Summary: The ALPS apoptosis row should be narrowed to Fas/TRAIL death-receptor signaling.
Reason: The disease paper ties CASP10 variants to defective Fas ligand and TRAIL responses, supporting the death-domain-receptor extrinsic pathway rather than a top-level apoptosis row.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10412980
interfere with death receptor-induced apoptosis, particularly that stimulated by Fas ligand and TRAIL
GO:0008234 cysteine-type peptidase activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000002
MODIFY
Summary: Cysteine-type peptidase activity is correct but less specific than cysteine-type endopeptidase activity.
Reason: The Peptidase C14A signature supports an Asp-directed endopeptidase, not merely a generic cysteine-type peptidase.
Propagation Review
Root cause: TERM SCOPING PROBLEM
Failure modes: GRANULARITY MISMATCH
Sources checked:
InterPro:IPR015917 SUPPORTS SOURCE BUT NOT TARGET
The Peptidase C14A signature supports the caspase fold but maps to a parent MF that is less specific than cysteine-type endopeptidase activity.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/CASP10/CASP10-uniprot.txt
Strict requirement for Asp at position P1 and has a preferred
GO:0031265 CD95 death-inducing signaling complex
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: CASP10 is a bona fide CD95 DISC component.
Reason: The PAINT CD95 DISC transfer is supported by human CASP10 recruitment to Fas/CD95 signaling complexes through FADD.
Propagation Review
Root cause: NO FAILURE CORE
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN002573079 SUPPORTS TRANSFER
CASP10 is a bona fide FADD-recruited CD95 DISC component.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11717445
caspase-10 can function independently of caspase-8 in
PMID:11717445
caspase-8 and -10 both interact with the death-effector domain of FADD.
GO:0031265 CD95 death-inducing signaling complex
IDA
PMID:11717445
Caspase-10 is an initiator caspase in death receptor signali...
ACCEPT
Summary: CASP10 is recruited and activated at the Fas/CD95 DISC.
Reason: Fas crosslinking recruits CASP10 to the FADD-organized CD95 death-inducing signaling complex where its initiator-caspase activity is activated.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11717445
caspase-10 can function independently of caspase-8 in
PMID:11717445
caspase-8 and -10 both interact with the death-effector domain of FADD.
GO:0031625 ubiquitin protein ligase binding
IPI
PMID:15069192
Suppression of caspase-8- and -10-associated RING proteins r...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: CARP/RFFL/RNF34 ubiquitin ligases bind and regulate DED caspases including CASP10.
Reason: The E3-ligase interaction is real and regulatory, but peripheral to the death-effector-domain and caspase activities of CASP10.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:15069192
Reciprocal coimmunoprecipitations as well as experiments with caspase-10
file:human/CASP10/CASP10-uniprot.txt
and RNF34; negatively regulate CASP10 through proteasomal degradation.
GO:0035877 death effector domain binding
IPI
PMID:11717445
Caspase-10 is an initiator caspase in death receptor signali...
ACCEPT
Summary: CASP10 tandem DEDs bind the FADD death effector domain during DISC assembly.
Reason: DED-mediated binding to FADD is the specific adaptor interaction that recruits procaspase-10 to CD95/TRAIL death-inducing complexes.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11717445
caspase-10 can function independently of caspase-8 in
PMID:11717445
caspase-8 and -10 both interact with the death-effector domain of FADD.
GO:0042981 regulation of apoptotic process
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
MODIFY
Summary: DED/domain evidence should be narrowed from generic apoptosis regulation to death-receptor extrinsic signaling.
Reason: CASP10 DEDs mediate FADD recruitment in death-receptor complexes; the direct process is death-domain receptor signaling, not undifferentiated regulation of apoptotic process.
Propagation Review
Root cause: TERM SCOPING PROBLEM
Failure modes: GRANULARITY MISMATCH
Sources checked:
InterPro:IPR001875 SUPPORTS SOURCE BUT NOT TARGET
A death effector domain supports FADD/death-receptor complex recruitment, not undifferentiated regulation of apoptotic process.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11717445
caspase-10 can function independently of caspase-8 in
PMID:11717445
caspase-8 and -10 both interact with the death-effector domain of FADD.
file:human/CASP10/CASP10-uniprot.txt
DR Pfam; PF01335; DED; 2.
GO:0043123 positive regulation of canonical NF-kappaB signal transduction
IMP
PMID:12884866
Caspase-8 and caspase-10 activate NF-kappaB through RIP, NIK...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: Prodomain-only CASP10 isoforms can activate canonical NF-kappaB signaling.
Reason: This is a direct but non-apoptotic prodomain branch; it should be retained as contextual rather than made a core death-execution function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12884866
caspase-8 and -10 have roles in a non- or anti-apoptotic signaling pathway leading to NF-kappaB activation through RIP, NIK and IKKalpha.
GO:0043525 positive regulation of neuron apoptotic process
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED
Summary: The neuron-specific apoptosis IBA is a tissue-context over-projection for human CASP10.
Reason: The active-caspase ancestor supports apoptotic caspase biology, but local CASP10 evidence centers on death receptors, NF-kappaB and myeloma autophagy rather than neuron-specific apoptosis.
Propagation Review
Root cause: PROPAGATION BAD
Failure modes: CONTEXT OR TISSUE MISMATCH ROLE CONFLATION
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN000047947 SUPPORTS SOURCE BUT NOT TARGET
The active-caspase ancestor supports apoptotic caspase biology, but the neuron-specific positive-apoptosis term is not established for human CASP10.
GO:0051604 protein maturation
IDA
PMID:16916640
Engineered hybrid dimers: tracking the activation pathway of...
ACCEPT
Summary: CASP10 matures downstream caspase substrates proteolytically.
Reason: The GO-CAM and UniProt view of CASP10 as an upstream enzyme for effector-caspase maturation is consistent with its established Asp-directed endopeptidase activity.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/CASP10/CASP10-uniprot.txt
CASP7, CASP8 and CASP9. Hydrolyzes the small- molecule substrates
file:human/CASP10/CASP10-uniprot.txt
Strict requirement for Asp at position P1 and has a preferred
GO:0051604 protein maturation
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
ACCEPT
Summary: The ARBA protein-maturation row is sound for CASP10.
Reason: CASP10 can proteolytically activate downstream effector caspases, so protein maturation is a valid process even though the substrate-specific GO-CAM carries the more precise interpretation.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/CASP10/CASP10-uniprot.txt
CASP7, CASP8 and CASP9. Hydrolyzes the small- molecule substrates
file:human/CASP10/CASP10-uniprot.txt
Strict requirement for Asp at position P1 and has a preferred
GO:0097342 ripoptosome
IDA
PMID:21737330
cIAPs block Ripoptosome formation, a RIP1/caspase-8 containi...
ACCEPT
Summary: CASP10 is a component of the RIP1/FADD/CASP8/c-FLIP ripoptosome.
Reason: The ripoptosome paper directly identified CASP10 in this cytosolic death platform, but does not establish enough CASP10-specific perturbation evidence to add a separate necroptosis process row.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:21737330
It contains RIP1, FADD, caspase-8, caspase-10, and caspase inhibitor cFLIP isoforms.
GO:1900119 positive regulation of execution phase of apoptosis
IDA
PMID:16916640
Engineered hybrid dimers: tracking the activation pathway of...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: CASP10 can promote effector-caspase maturation upstream of apoptosis execution.
Reason: This is plausible for CASP10-driven CASP7 maturation, but the core CASP10 process is receptor-proximal initiator function rather than the execution phase itself.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/CASP10/CASP10-uniprot.txt
CASP7, CASP8 and CASP9. Hydrolyzes the small- molecule substrates
file:human/CASP10/CASP10-uniprot.txt
Strict requirement for Asp at position P1 and has a preferred

Core Functions

CASP10 tandem death effector domains bind FADD to recruit procaspase-10 to Fas/CD95 and TRAIL death-inducing signaling complexes.

Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:11717445
    caspase-10 can function independently of caspase-8 in
  • PMID:11717445
    caspase-8 and -10 both interact with the death-effector domain of FADD.
  • Reactome:R-HSA-141316
    Caspase-10 precursor is recruited to the TRAIL

Activated CASP10 cleaves downstream caspase zymogens after Asp residues to propagate apoptotic caspase maturation toward the execution phase.

Directly Involved In:
Cellular Locations:
Supporting Evidence:
  • PMID:8755496
    Expression of Mch4 in Escherichia coli produced an active
  • PMID:8755496
    CPP32 and Mch3 are targets of mature Mch4 protease in apoptotic cells.
  • file:human/CASP10/CASP10-uniprot.txt
    CASP7, CASP8 and CASP9. Hydrolyzes the small- molecule substrates
  • file:human/CASP10/CASP10-uniprot.txt
    Strict requirement for Asp at position P1 and has a preferred

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Suggested Questions for Experts

Q: Should CASP10-c-FLIP(L) cleavage of BCLAF1 in myeloma be represented as a normal CASP10 activity, or only retained as a disease-cell-line context for negative regulation of autophagic cell death?

Q: Which CASP10 splice isoforms are abundant enough to warrant isoform-specific GO annotations for DED-only NF-kappaB scaffolding versus catalytically inactive dominant-negative death-receptor signaling?

Suggested Experiments

Experiment: Use CASP8-null, CASP10-rescued human cells with catalytic-dead CASP10 controls and substrate N-terminomics after Fas or TRAIL stimulation to distinguish direct CASP10 substrates from CASP8-dependent cleavage events.

Hypothesis: CASP10 has CASP8-independent substrate preferences in FADD-containing death-receptor complexes.

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