Assertion: apoptotic caspase | /r/CapableOf | function in essential non-apoptotic roles
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text: Given that separase and apoptotic caspases belong to same clade, the CD clan cysteine proteases, coupled with the evidence presented above that separase may possess pro-apoptotic activity, it was of interest to ask whether the predominant pro-apoptotic caspase in C. elegans, CED-3, might function in essential non-apoptotic roles performed by separase.