Immunogen | AsyntheticpeptidecorrespondingtoN-terminusofhumanCaspase-2p15subunit.Theantibodyshouldrecognizebothpro-form(~50kDa)andp15cleaved-formofCaspase-2. |
Clone | Y61 |
Host | Rabbit |
Specificity | RecognizesHuman,MouseCaspase-2. |
SpeciesReactivity | |
SpeciesReactivityNote | Human,Mouse(positivecontrol:Jurkatcelllysate) |
AntibodyType | MonoclonalAntibody |
EntrezGeneNumber | |
EntrezGeneSummary | Thisgeneencodesaproteinwhichisamemberofthecysteine-asparticacidprotease(caspase)family.Sequentialactivationofcaspasesplaysacentralroleintheexecution-phaseofcellapoptosis.Caspasesexistasinactiveproenzymeswhichundergoproteolyticprocessingatconservedasparticresiduestoproducetwosubunits,largeandsmall,thatdimerizetoformtheactiveenzyme.Theproteolyticcleavageofthisproteinisinducedbyavarietyofapoptoticstimuli.Alternativesplicingofthisgeneresultsinmultipletranscriptvariantsthatencodedifferentisoforms. |
GeneSymbol | - CASP2
- NEDD2
- ICH1
- ICH-1L/1S
- ICH-1L
- NEDD-2
- CASP-2
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UniProtNumber | |
UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:P42575#InvolvedintheactivationcascadeofcaspasesresponsIBLeforapoptosisexecution.Mightfunctionbyeitheractivatingsomeproteinsrequiredforcelldeathorinactivatingproteinsnecessaryforcellsurvival. SIZE:452aminoacids;50685Da SUBUNIT:Heterotetramerthatconsistsoftwoanti-parallelarrangedheterodimers,eachoneformedbyap18subunitandap12subunit.InteractswithLRDD. TISSUESPECIFICITY:Expressedinlargeramountsintheembryoniclung,liverandkidneythanintheheartandbrain.Intheadultshigherlevelexpressionisseenintheplacenta,lung,kidney,pancreasthanintheheart,brain,liverandskeletalmuscle. PTM:Thematureproteasecanprocessitsownpropeptide,butnotthatofothercaspases. SIMILARITY:SwissProt:P42575##BelongstothepeptidaseC14family.&Contains1CARDdomain. |