Description
Product Usage Information
Western Blotting: 1:1000
Immunofluorescence (Immunocytochemistry): 1:50
Storage
Supplied in 10 mM sodium HEPES (pH 7.5), 150 mM NaCl, 100 µg/ml BSA, 50% glycerol and less than 0.02% sodium azide. Store at -20°C. Do not aliquot the antibody. For a carrier free (BSA and azide free) version of this product see product # 23615 .
Protocol
Available protocols: Western Blotting, Immunofluorescence (Immunocytochemistry)
Specificity / Sensitivity
Cleaved Caspase-9 (Asp330) (E5Z7N) Rabbit Monoclonal Antibody recognizes endogenous levels of caspase-9 protein only when cleaved at Asp330.
Species Reactivity: Human
Source / Purification
Monoclonal antibody is produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to residues surrounding Asp330 of human caspase-9 protein.
Background
Caspase-9 (ICE-LAP6, Mch6) is an important member of the cysteine aspartic acid protease (caspase) family (1,2). Upon apoptotic stimulation, cytochrome c released from mitochondria associates with the 47 kDa procaspase-9/Apaf-1. Apaf-1 mediated activation of caspase-9 involves intrinsic proteolytic processing, resulting in cleavage at Asp315 and producing a p35 subunit. Another cleavage occurs at Asp330, producing a p37 subunit that can serve to amplify the apoptotic response (3-6). Cleaved caspase-9 further processes other caspase members, including caspase-3 and caspase-7, to initiate a caspase cascade, which leads to apoptosis (7-10).
Alternate Names
APAF-3; APAF3; apoptotic protease activating factor 3; Apoptotic protease Mch-6; Apoptotic protease-activating factor 3; CASP-9; CASP9; caspase 9; caspase 9, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase; caspase 9, apoptosis-related cysteine protease; Caspase-9; Caspase-9 subunit p10; Caspase-9 subunit p35; CASPASE-9c; ICE-LAP6; ICE-like apoptotic protease 6; MCH6; PPP1R56; protein phosphatase 1, regulatory subunit 56
