Immunogen | RaisedagainsttheP19subunitofrecombinanthumanCaspase-2protein. |
Clone | 11B4 |
Concentration | PleaserefertotheCertificateofAnalysisforthelot-specificconcentration. |
Host | Rat |
Specificity | MAB3507antibodyrecognizesareactiveepitopethatliesintheP19subunitofhumanCaspase-2(ICH-1,Nedd-2). |
Isotype | IgG2a |
SpeciesReactivity | |
AntibodyType | MonoclonalAntibody |
EntrezGeneNumber | |
EntrezGeneSummary | Thisgeneencodesaproteinwhichisamemberofthecysteine-asparticacidprotease(caspase)family.Sequentialactivationofcaspasesplaysacentralroleintheexecution-phaseofcellapoptosis.Caspasesexistasinactiveproenzymeswhichundergoproteolyticprocessingatconservedasparticresiduestoproducetwosubunits,largeandsmall,thatdimerizetoformtheactiveenzyme.Theproteolyticcleavageofthisproteinisinducedbyavarietyofapoptoticstimuli.Alternativesplicingofthisgeneresultsinmultipletranscriptvariantsthatencodedifferentisoforms. |
GeneSymbol | - CASP2
- NEDD2
- ICH1
- NEDD-2
- ICH-1L/1S
- CASP-2
- ICH-1L
- EC3.4.22.55[Contains:Caspase-2subunitp18
- Caspase-2subunitp13
- Caspase-2subunitp12].
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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. |