Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun caspase

1 sense of caspase

Sense 1
caspase -- (any of a group of proteases that mediate apoptosis)
       => protease, peptidase, proteinase, proteolytic enzyme -- (any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis)