| Immunogen | Recombinantfull-lengthhumancaspase-3protein | 
| Epitope | largesubunit&proform | 
| Clone | 3CSP03 | 
| Concentration | PleaserefertotheCertificateofAnalysisforthelot-specificconcentration. | 
| Host | Mouse | 
| Specificity | Recognizesaproteinof32kDa,identifiedastheCaspase-3protein.HighlyspecifictoCaspase-3andshowsnocross-reactionwithothercaspasefamilymembers.Caspase-3isubiquitouslyexpressedandlikeothercaspasesissynthesizedasaninactiveproenzyme.Uponactivation,caspase-3iscleavedgeneratingtwosubunitsof17kDaand12kDarespectively.Caspase-3hasbeenimplicatedintheinductionofapoptosis.Activationofcaspase-3occursinresponsetoavarietyofapoptoticinducers,includingFas-mediatedapoptosis. | 
| Isotype | IgG2a | 
| SpeciesReactivity |  | 
| AntibodyType | MonoclonalAntibody | 
| EntrezGeneNumber |  | 
| EntrezGeneSummary | Thisgeneencodesaproteinwhichisamemberofthecysteine-asparticacidprotease(caspase)family.Sequentialactivationofcaspasesplaysacentralroleintheexecution-phaseofcellapoptosis.Caspasesexistasinactiveproenzymeswhichundergoproteolyticprocessingatconservedasparticresiduestoproducetwosubunits,largeandsmall,thatdimerizetoformtheactiveenzyme.Thisproteincleavesandactivatescaspases6,7and9,andtheproteinitselfisprocessedbycaspases8,9and10.Itisthepredominantcaspaseinvolvedinthecleavageofamyloid-beta4Aprecursorprotein,whichisassociatedwithneuronaldeathinAlzheimer"sdisease.Alternativesplicingofthisgeneresultsintwotranscriptvariantsthatencodethesameprotein. | 
| GeneSymbol | - CASP3
 - apopain
 - CASP-3
 - procaspase3
 - CPP32B
 - SCA-1
 - CPP-32
 - Apopain
 - CPP32
 - Yama
 - EC3.4.22.56[Contains:Caspase-3subunitp17
 - Caspase-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. |