Description
Product Usage Information
Flow Cytometry (Fixed/Permeabilized): 1:50
Storage
Supplied in PBS (pH 7.2), less than 0.1% sodium azide and 2 mg/ml BSA. Store at 4°C. Do not aliquot the antibody. Protect from light. Do not freeze.
Protocol
Available protocols: Flow Cytometry (Fixed/Permeabilized)
Specificity / Sensitivity
Cleaved Caspase-3 (Asp175) Antibody (Alexa Fluor
Species Reactivity: Human, Mouse, Rat, Monkey
Source / Purification
Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to amino-terminal residues adjacent to Asp175 of human caspase-3. Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography. The antibody was conjugated to Alexa Fluor 488 under optimal conditions with an F/P ratio of 2-6.
Background
Caspase-3 (CPP-32, Apopain, Yama, SCA-1) is a critical executioner of apoptosis, as it is either partially or totally responsible for the proteolytic cleavage of many key proteins, such as the nuclear enzyme poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) (1). Activation of caspase-3 requires proteolytic processing of its inactive zymogen into activated p17 and p12 fragments. Cleavage of caspase-3 requires the aspartic acid residue at the P1 position (2).
Alternate Names
Apopain; CASP-3; CASP3; caspase 3; caspase 3, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase; caspase 3, apoptosis-related cysteine protease; Caspase-3; Caspase-3 subunit p12; Caspase-3 subunit p17; caspase3; CPP-32; CPP32; CPP32B; Cysteine protease CPP32; PARP cleavage protease; procaspase3; Protein Yama; SCA-1; SREBP cleavage activity 1; Yama