Immunogen | Recombinanthumancaspase-9prodomain |
Clone | 2-23 |
Concentration | PleaserefertotheCertificateofAnalysisforthelot-specificconcentration. |
Host | Mouse |
Specificity | Recognizes46-48kDafull-lengthprocaspase-9,humanrecombinantcaspase-9andprocaspase-9fromhumancelllysates.Highlyspecifictocaspase-9andshowsnocross-reactionwithothercaspasefamilymembers.Activationofprocaspase-9byApaf-1inthecytochromecpathwayrequiresproteolyticcleavagetogenerateactivecaspase-9.Onceactivated,capsase-9initiatesacaspasecascadeinvolvingthedownstreamexecutionercaspases3,6and7. |
Isotype | IgG1 |
SpeciesReactivity | |
AntibodyType | MonoclonalAntibody |
EntrezGeneNumber | |
EntrezGeneSummary | Thisgeneencodesamemberofthecysteine-asparticacidprotease(caspase)family.Sequentialactivationofcaspasesplaysacentralroleintheexecution-phaseofcellapoptosis.Caspasesexistasinactiveproenzymeswhichundergoproteolyticprocessingatconservedasparticresiduestoproducetwosubunits,largeandsmall,thatdimerizetoformtheactiveenzyme.ThisproteinisprocessedbycaspaseAPAF1;thisstepisthoughttobeoneoftheearliestinthecaspaseactivationcascade.Alternativesplicingresultsintwotranscriptvariantswhichencodedifferentisoforms. |
GeneSymbol | - CASP9
- CASP-9
- ICE-LAP6
- MCH6
- APAF3
- CASPASE-9c
- OTTHUMP00000044594
- APAF-3
- EC3.4.22.62[Contains:Caspase-9subunitp35
- Caspase-9subunitp10].
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Non-ReactiveSpecies | |
UniProtNumber | |
UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:P55211#Isoform2lacksactivityisandominant-negativeinhibitorofcaspase-9. SIZE:416aminoacids;46281Da SUBUNIT:Heterotetramerthatconsistsoftwoanti-parallelarrangedheterodimers,eachoneformedbya35kDa(p35)anda10kDa(p10)subunit.Caspase-9andAPAF1bindtoeachotherviatheirrespectiveNH2-terminalCED-3homologousdomainsinthepresenceofcytochromeCandATP.InteractswiththeinhibitorsBIRC2,BIRC4,BIRC5andBIRC7. TISSUESPECIFICITY:Ubiquitous,withhighestexpressionintheheart,moderateexpressioninliver,skeletalmuscle,andpancreas.Lowlevelsinallothertissues. PTM:CleavagesatAsp-315bygranzymeBandatAsp-330bycaspase-3generatethetwoactivesubunits.Caspase-8and-10canalsobeinvolvedintheseprocessingevents. SIMILARITY:SwissProt:P55211##BelongstothepeptidaseC14family.&Contains1CARDdomain. |