Anti-Caspase-2/CASP2 Antibody Picoband®

CASP2 is equal to Caspase-2. And Caspase-2, which is involved in stress-induced apoptosis, is recruited into a large protein complex, the molecular composition of which remains elusive. It is showed that activation of caspase-2 occurs in a complex that contains the death domain-containing protein PIDD, whose expression is induced by p53, and the adaptor protein RAIDD. Increased PIDD expression resulted in spontaneous activation of caspase-2 and sensitization to apoptosis by genotoxic stimuli. Caspase-2 acts both as a positive and negative cell death effector, depending upon cell lineage and stage of development.

Caspase-2; CASP-2;3.4.22.55; Neural precursor cell expressed developmentally down-regulated protein 2; NEDD-2; Protease ICH-1; Caspase-2 subunit p18; Caspase-2 subunit p13; Caspase-2 subunit p12; CASP2; ICH1, NEDD2

A synthetic peptide corresponding to a sequence at the C-terminus of human Caspase-2, different from the related mouse and rat sequences by one amino acid.

Expressed at higher levels in the embryonic lung, liver and kidney than in the heart and brain. In adults, higher level expression is seen in the placenta, lung, kidney, and pancreas than in the heart, brain, liver and skeletal muscle.

Apoptosis, Apoptotic Markers, Cancer, Caspases, Cell Biology, Cell Death, Intracellular, Invasion/Microenvironment, Metabolism, Metabolism Processes, Pathways and Processes, Proteolysis/Ubiquitin, Proteolytic Enzymes

Involved in the activation cascade of caspases responsible for apoptosis execution. Might function by either activating some proteins required for cell death or inactivating proteins necessary for cell survival.

1. Bergeron, L.; Perez, G. I.; Macdonald, G.; Shi, L.; Sun, Y.; Jurisicova, A.; Varmuza, S.; Latham, K. E.; Flaws, J. A.; Salter, J. C. M.; Hara, H.; Moskowitz, M. A.; Li, E.; Greenberg, A.; Tilly, J. L.; Yuan, J. : Defects in regulation of apoptosis in caspase-2-deficient mice. Genes Dev. 12: 1304-1314, 1998. 2. Tinel, A.; Tschopp, J. : The PIDDosome, a protein complex implicated in activation of caspase-2 in response to genotoxic stress. Science 304: 843-846, 2004.

Store at -20°C for one year from date of receipt. After reconstitution, at 4°C for one month. It can also be aliquotted and stored frozen at -20°C for six months. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.