Anti-Caspase-5/CASP5 Antibody Picoband®

This gene encodes 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 which undergo proteolytic processing at conserved aspartic residues to produce two subunits, large and small, that dimerize to form the active enzyme. Overexpression of the active form of this enzyme induces apoptosis in fibroblasts. Max, a central component of the Myc/Max/Mad transcription regulation network important for cell growth, differentiation, and apoptosis, is cleaved by this protein; this process requires Fas-mediated dephosphorylation of Max. The expression of this gene is regulated by interferon-gamma and lipopolysaccharide. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been identified for this gene.

Transcription factor MafA; Pancreatic beta-cell-specific transcriptional activator; RIPE3b1 factor; V-maf musculoaponeurotic fibrosarcoma oncogene homolog A; MAFA

Transcription factor that activates insulin gene expression. Acts synergistically with NEUROD1/BETA2 and PDX1. Binds the insulin enhancer C1/RIPE3b element. Binds to consensus TRE-type MARE 5'-TGCTGACTCAGCA-3' DNA sequence.

1. Munday, N. A., Vaillancourt, J. P., Ali, A., Casano, F. J., Miller, D. K., Molineaux, S. M., Yamin, T.-T., Yu, V. L., Nicholson, D. W. Molecular cloning and pro-apoptotic activity of ICE (rel) II and ICE (rel) III, members of the ICE/CED-3 family of cysteine proteases. J. Biol. Chem. 270: 15870-15876, 1995. 2. Nasir, J., Theilmann, J. L., Vaillancourt, J. P., Munday, N. A., Ali, A., Scherer, S., Beatty, B., Nicholson, D. W., Hayden, M. R. Interleukin-1-beta-converting enzyme (ICE) and related cell death genes ICE (rel) -II and ICE (rel) -III map to the same PAC clone at band 11q22.2-22.3. Mammalian Genome 8: 611-613, 1997.

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.