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The enzymes that carry out apoptosis are the

  • A.ligases
  • B.caspases
  • C.kinases
  • D.polymerases

Answer: B

They are proteases that cut after aspartate residues and exist as inactive precursors until required. Once activated they cleave hundreds of cellular targets in a controlled sequence. Their name records both the cysteine in the active site and the aspartate specificity.

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