Purity | 10-20%caspase-9proteinbygelanalysis.AlsocontainsE.coliproteins.Approximately,0.8-2μgtotalprotein/unitofactivity. |
Source | Human |
SpecificActivity | Oneunitoftherecombinantcaspase-9istheenzymeactivitythatcleaves1nmolofthecaspasesubstrateLEHD-pNA(pNA:pnitroanaline)perhourat37°Catsaturatedsubstrateconcentrations. |
EntrezGeneNumber | |
EntrezGeneSummary | Thisgeneencodesamemberofthecysteine-asparticacidprotease(caspase)family.Sequentialactivationofcaspasesplaysacentralroleintheexecution-phaseofcellapoptosis.Caspasesexistasinactiveproenzymeswhichundergoproteolyticprocessingatconservedasparticresiduestoproducetwosubunits,largeandsmall,thatdimerizetoformtheactiveenzyme.ThisproteinisprocessedbycaspaseAPAF1;thisstepisthoughttobeoneoftheearliestinthecaspaseactivationcascade.Alternativesplicingresultsintwotranscriptvariantswhichencodedifferentisoforms. |
GeneSymbol | - CASP9
- CASP-9
- ICE-LAP6
- MCH6
- APAF3
- CASPASE-9c
- OTTHUMP00000044594
- APAF-3
- EC3.4.22.62[Contains:Caspase-9subunitp35
- Caspase-9subunitp10].
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UniProtNumber | |
UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:P55211#Isoform2lacksactivityisandominant-negativeinhibitorofcaspase-9. SIZE:416aminoacids;46281Da SUBUNIT:Heterotetramerthatconsistsoftwoanti-parallelarrangedheterodimers,eachoneformedbya35kDa(p35)anda10kDa(p10)subunit.Caspase-9andAPAF1bindtoeachotherviatheirrespectiveNH2-terminalCED-3homologousdomainsinthepresenceofcytochromeCandATP.InteractswiththeinhibitorsBIRC2,BIRC4,BIRC5andBIRC7. TISSUESPECIFICITY:Ubiquitous,withhighestexpressionintheheart,moderateexpressioninliver,skeletalmuscle,andpancreas.Lowlevelsinallothertissues. PTM:CleavagesatAsp-315bygranzymeBandatAsp-330bycaspase-3generatethetwoactivesubunits.Caspase-8and-10canalsobeinvolvedintheseprocessingevents. SIMILARITY:SwissProt:P55211##BelongstothepeptidaseC14family.&Contains1CARDdomain. |