RIP1 Antibody / RIPK1

RIPK1, also known as RIP or RIP1, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the RIPK1 gene. It is mapped to 6p25.2. RIPK1 is a key signaling molecule in the programmed necrosis pathway, which plays important roles in development, tissue damage response, and antiviral immunity. RIPK1 is known to have function in a variety of cellular pathways including the NF-kB pathway and programmed necrotic cell death (necroptosis) . The kinase domain, while important for necroptotic (programmed necrotic) functions, it appears dispensable for other lethal, as well as pro-survival roles. Also, proteolytic processing of RIPk1, through both caspase-dependent and -independent mechanisms, triggers lethality that is dependent on the generation of one or more specific C-terminal cleavage product (s) of RIPk1 upon stress.