Bovine, Canine, Equine, Guinea pig, Human, Porcine, Rabbit, Rat
Immunogen:
The immunogen is a synthetic peptide directed towards the N terminal region of human CASP3
Alternative Names:
CPP32, SCA-1, CPP32B
CASP3 is a protein which is a member of the cysteine-aspartic acid protease (caspase) family. Sequential activation of caspases plays a central role in the execution-phase of cell apoptosis. Caspases exist as inactive proenzymes which undergo proteolytic processing at conserved aspartic residues to produce two subunits, large and small, that dimerize to form the active enzyme. This protein cleaves and activates caspases 6, 7 and 9, and the protein itself is processed by caspases 8, 9 and 10. It is the predominant caspase involved in the cleavage of amyloid-beta 4A precursor protein, which is associated with neuronal death in Alzheimers disease. Alternative splicing of this gene results in two transcript variants that encode the same protein.