A constitutively active and uninhibitable caspase-3 zymogen efficiently induces apoptosis.
Walters, J., Pop, C., Scott, F.L., Drag, M., Swartz, P., Mattos, C., Salvesen, G.S., Clark, A.C.(2009) Biochem J 424: 335-345
- PubMed: 19788411 
- DOI: 10.1042/BJ20090825
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3ITN - PubMed Abstract: 
The caspase-3 zymogen has essentially zero activity until it is cleaved by initiator caspases during apoptosis. However, a mutation of V266E in the dimer interface activates the protease in the absence of chain cleavage. We show that low concentrations o ...