| Immunogen | Peptidecorrespondingtoaa2-17ofmousecaspase-12. |
| Epitope | N-terminus |
| Concentration | PleaserefertotheCertificateofAnalysisforthelot-specificconcentration. |
| Host | Rabbit |
| Specificity | Antibodyrecognizescaspase12pro-proteininmouseextractsofnormalandapoptoticcells.Caspase12ispredictedtohavealarge>120aalongprodomainregion.Thusthisantibodyrecognizesonlytheproformsoftheenzymeandnottheactivesubunits.Uncleaved(proform)caspase12isprominentlydetectedinmanytissues.Activeformsaredifficulttodetectexpectintransfectcellsystems.{Kalai,Metal(2003)162:457-467}. |
| SpeciesReactivity | |
| AntibodyType | PolyclonalAntibody |
| EntrezGeneSummary | CaspasesarecysteineproteasesthatcleaveC-terminalasparticacidresiduesontheirsubstratemolecules.Thisgene,CASP12,ismosthighlyrelatedtomembersoftheICEsubfamilyofcaspasesthatprocessinflammatorycytokines.Inrodents,thehomologofthisgenemediatesapoptosisinresponsetoendoplasmicreticulumstress.However,inhumansthisgenecontainsapolymorphismforthepresenceorabsenceofaprematurestopcodon.Themajorityofhumanindividualshavetheprematurestopcodonandproduceatruncatednon-functionalprotein.Theread-throughcodonoccursprimarilyinindividualsofAfricandescentandcarriershaveendotoxinhypo-responsivenessandanincreasedsusceptibilitytoseveresepsis. |
| GeneSymbol | - CASP12
- Caspase-12.
- CASP12P1
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| UniProtNumber | |
| UniProtSummary | SIZE:341aminoacids;38907Da |