| Purity | Partiallypurifiedrecombinantcaspase3withafulllengthHIS-6-tag.Approximately10-20%caspase3protein.TheremainderisE.Coliproteins.Approximately0.8-2mgtotalprotein/Uofactivity;E.Coliproteinshavenoreactivity. | 
| SpecificActivity | Oneunitoftherecombinantcaspase-3istheenzymeactivitythatcleaves1nmolofthecaspasesubstrateDEVD-pNA(pNA:pnitroanaline)perhourat37°Catsaturatedsubstrateconcentrations. | 
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| EntrezGeneSummary | Thisgeneencodesaproteinwhichisamemberofthecysteine-asparticacidprotease(caspase)family.Sequentialactivationofcaspasesplaysacentralroleintheexecution-phaseofcellapoptosis.Caspasesexistasinactiveproenzymeswhichundergoproteolyticprocessingatconservedasparticresiduestoproducetwosubunits,largeandsmall,thatdimerizetoformtheactiveenzyme.Thisproteincleavesandactivatescaspases6,7and9,andtheproteinitselfisprocessedbycaspases8,9and10.Itisthepredominantcaspaseinvolvedinthecleavageofamyloid-beta4Aprecursorprotein,whichisassociatedwithneuronaldeathinAlzheimer"sdisease.Alternativesplicingofthisgeneresultsintwotranscriptvariantsthatencodethesameprotein. | 
| GeneSymbol | CASP3apopainCASP-3procaspase3CPP32BSCA-1CPP32ApopainCPP-32YamaEC3.4.22.56[Contains:Caspase-3subunitp17Caspase-3subunitp12].
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| UniProtNumber |  | 
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:P42574#InvolvedintheactivationcascadeofcaspasesresponsIBLeforapoptosisexecution.Attheonsetofapoptosisitproteolyticallycleavespoly(ADP-ribose)polymerase(PARP)ata"216-Asp--Gly-217"bond.Cleavesandactivatessterolregulatoryelementbindingproteins(SREBPs)betweenthebasichelix-loop-helixleucinezipperdomainandthemembraneattachmentdomain.Cleavesandactivatescaspase-6,-7and-9.Involvedinthecleavageofhuntingtin. SIZE:277aminoacids;31608Da
 SUBUNIT:Heterotetramerthatconsistsoftwoanti-parallelarrangedheterodimers,eachoneformedbya17kDa(p17)anda12kDa(p12)subunit.
 SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Cytoplasm.
 TISSUESPECIFICITY:Highlyexpressedinlung,spleen,heart,liverandkidney.Moderatelevelsinbrainandskeletalmuscle,andlowintestis.Alsofoundinmanycelllines,highestexpressionincellsoftheimmunesystem.
 PTM:CleavagebygranzymeB,caspase-6,caspase-8andcaspase-10generatesthetwoactivesubunits.Additionalprocessingofthepropeptidesislikelyduetotheautocatalyticactivityoftheactivatedprotease.Activeheterodimersbetweenthesmallsubunitofcaspase-7proteaseandthelargesubunitofcaspase-3alsooccurandviceversa.
 SIMILARITY:SwissProt:P42574##BelongstothepeptidaseC14family.
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