| Immunogen | KLH-conjugatedsyntheticpeptidecomposedofresiduesattheN-terminusofhumanPro-Caspase-3. |
| Host | Rabbit |
| Specificity | RecognizesaregioncomposedofresiduesattheN-terminusofhumanPro-Caspase-3.Thisantibodywillonlydetectthepro-formofCaspase-3 |
| Isotype | IgG |
| SpeciesReactivity | |
| AntibodyType | MonoclonalAntibody |
| EntrezGeneNumber | |
| EntrezGeneSummary | Thisgeneencodesaproteinwhichisamemberofthecysteine-asparticacidprotease(caspase)family.Sequentialactivationofcaspasesplaysacentralroleintheexecution-phaseofcellapoptosis.Caspasesexistasinactiveproenzymeswhichundergoproteolyticprocessingatconservedasparticresiduestoproducetwosubunits,largeandsmall,thatdimerizetoformtheactiveenzyme.Thisproteincleavesandactivatescaspases6,7and9,andtheproteinitselfisprocessedbycaspases8,9and10.Itisthepredominantcaspaseinvolvedinthecleavageofamyloid-beta4Aprecursorprotein,whichisassociatedwithneuronaldeathinAlzheimer"sdisease.Alternativesplicingofthisgeneresultsintwotranscriptvariantsthatencodethesameprotein. |
| GeneSymbol | - CASP3
- apopain
- CASP-3
- procaspase3
- CPP32B
- SCA-1
- CPP-32
- Apopain
- CPP32
- Yama
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| UniProtNumber | |
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:P42574#InvolvedintheactivationcascadeofcaspasesresponsIBLeforapoptosisexecution.Attheonsetofapoptosisitproteolyticallycleavespoly(ADP-ribose)polymerase(PARP)ata"216-Asp--Gly-217"bond.Cleavesandactivatessterolregulatoryelementbindingproteins(SREBPs)betweenthebasichelix-loop-helixleucinezipperdomainandthemembraneattachmentdomain.Cleavesandactivatescaspase-6,-7and-9.Involvedinthecleavageofhuntingtin. SIZE:277aminoacids;31608Da SUBUNIT:Heterotetramerthatconsistsoftwoanti-parallelarrangedheterodimers,eachoneformedbya17kDa(p17)anda12kDa(p12)subunit. SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Cytoplasm. TISSUESPECIFICITY:Highlyexpressedinlung,spleen,heart,liverandkidney.Moderatelevelsinbrainandskeletalmuscle,andlowintestis.Alsofoundinmanycelllines,highestexpressionincellsoftheimmunesystem. PTM:CleavagebygranzymeB,caspase-6,caspase-8andcaspase-10generatesthetwoactivesubunits.Additionalprocessingofthepropeptidesislikelyduetotheautocatalyticactivityoftheactivatedprotease.Activeheterodimersbetweenthesmallsubunitofcaspase-7proteaseandthelargesubunitofcaspase-3alsooccurandviceversa. SIMILARITY:SwissProt:P42574##BelongstothepeptidaseC14family. |
| MolecularWeight | 35kDa |