Reactivities: | Human |
Presku: | AAP58990 |
Size: | 100ug |
Weight: | 10kDa |
Gene: | 837 |
Format: | Lyophilized powder |
Target: | This gene encodes a protein that is a member of the cysteine-aspartic acid protease (caspase) family. Sequential activation of caspases plays a central role in the execution-phase of cell apoptosis. Caspases exist as inactive proenzymes composed of a prodomain and a large and small protease subunit. Activation of caspases requires proteolytic processing at conserved internal aspartic residues to generate a heterodimeric enzyme consisting of the large and small subunits. This caspase is able to cleave and activate its own precursor protein, as well as caspase 1 precursor. When overexpressed, this gene induces cell apoptosis. Alternative splicing results in transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms. |
Alternative names: | ICE(rel)II; ICEREL-II; ICH-2; Mih1/TX; TX |