Anti-CASP6 antibody produced in rabbit

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CASP6 (caspase 6) plays a key role in apoptosis, and cleaves proteins which contain (V/I/T/L)E(G/D)ID sites. It has two classes of substrate proteins- proteins involved in nuclear structure or function and intermediate filament proteins. Lamin A, B and C, DNA topoisomerase I, CBP/p300, nuclear death domain protein p84N5, nuclear matrix protein SATB1, emerin, NuMA, DFF40, and PARP etc. act as its substrates in nucleus. Chromatin condensation in apoptosis is a result of proteolysis of lamin A by CASP6. In cytoplasm, it acts upon desmin, vimentin and cytokeratin, thereby modulating cell structure and function. It is responsible for the degradation of axons in the primary cortex. It enhances the synthesis of amyloid β peptide (Aβ), and is highly expressed in the hippocampus and cortex in the brains of Alzheimer′s disease (AD) patients. CASP6 is also involved in the impairment of cognitive abilities in AD patients.

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• IHC tissue array of 44 normal human tissues and 20 of the most common cancer type tissues.
• Protein array of 364 human recombinant protein fragments.

CASP6 (caspase 6) belongs to the family of cysteine proteases called caspases. Caspases can be divided into inflammatory capases, apoptosis initiators and effector caspases, and CASP6 belongs to the effector class. It exists as a dimeric zymogen. Each CASP6 monomer contains a short pro-domain called CARD (caspase-recruitment domain) or DED (death effector domain), a large subunit (p20) and a small subunit (p10), intervened by an intersubunit linker (L). It is expressed in both fetal and adult human tissues, though it has a higher level of expression during development, and decreased levels in adult tissues. In fetus, CASP6 has the highest level of expression in the gastrointestinal tract and the lowest in brain. In adults, it is predominantly expressed in colon, lung, stomach, kidney and liver.

Caspase-6 precursor recombinant protein epitope signature tag (PrEST)

Corresponding Antigen APREST70822

Solution in phosphate-buffered saline, pH 7.2, containing 40% glycerol and 0.02% sodium azide

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