Caspase 8 (CASP8) Rabbit Polyclonal Antibody

Specifications

Product Data
Applications	WB
Recommend Dilution	WB: 1 ug/mL
Reactivity	Human, Mouse
Host	Rabbit
Clonality	Polyclonal
Immunogen	Caspase-8 antibody was raised against a 15 amino acid peptide from near the carboxy terminus human caspase-8 isoform E.
Formulation	PBS containing 0.02% sodium azide.
Concentration	1ug/ul
Purification	Affinity chromatography purified via peptide column
Conjugation	Unconjugated
Storage Condition	Store at -20°C as received.
Gene Name	caspase 8
Database Link	NP_203522 Entrez Gene 841 Human UniProt ID Q14790
Background	Caspases are a family of cysteine proteases that can be divided into the apoptotic and inflammatory caspase subfamilies. Unlike the apoptotic caspases, members of the inflammatory subfamily are generally not involved in cell death but are associated with the immune response to microbial pathogens (reviewed in 1 and 2). The apoptotic subfamily can be further divided into initiator caspases, which are activated in response to death signals, and executioner caspases, which are activated by the initiator caspases and are responsible for cleavage of cellular substrates that ultimately lead to cell death (reviewed in 3). Caspase-8 is an initiator caspase that was identified as a member of the Fas/APO-1 death-inducing signaling complex (4). The adaptor molecule FADD couples procaspase-8 to the Fas receptor death domain; subsequent oligomerization promotes procaspase-8 autoactivation (reviewed in 5). FLIP, a catalytically inactive caspase-8-like molecule inhibits these interactions and thus can inhibit apoptosis (6). This antibody will only detect isoform E of caspase-8.
Synonyms	ALPS2B; CAP4; Casp-8; FLICE; MACH; MCH5
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