Invitrogen™ Caspase 8 Monoclonal Antibody (B.925.8)

Mouse Monoclonal Antibody

Supplier:  Invitrogen™ MA515226

Catalog No. PIMA515226

Description

It is not recommended to aliquot this antibody. This antibody is not cross-reactive with other caspases.

Caspase 8 (CASP8) is a member of the cysteine-aspartic acid protease (caspase) family. Sequential activation of caspases play a central role in the execution-phase of cell apoptosis. Caspases exist as inactive proenzymes composed of a pro-domain, a large protease subunit, and a 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. Caspase 8 is involved in the programmed cell death induced by Fas and various apoptotic stimuli. The N-terminal FADD-like death effector domain of Caspase 8 suggests that it may interact with Fas-interacting protein FADD. Caspase 8 was detected in the insoluble fraction of the affected brain region from Huntington disease patients but not in those from normal controls, which implicated the role in neurodegenerative diseases. Caspase 8 binds to the death effector domain (DED) of FADD through an analogous DED domain present in tandem in the pro-form of the Caspase 8 protein. Activated Caspase 8 then activates other downstream caspases including Caspase 9, thereby committing the cell to undergo apoptosis. In addition, Caspase 8 also reacts with Jurkat cells and Tonsil. Overexpression of Caspase 8 induces apoptosis, which can be blocked by inhibitors specific for the ICE family. Many alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described for Caspase 8, however, not all variants have had their full-length sequences determined.

Specifications

• Antigen: Caspase 8
• Classification: Monoclonal
• Concentration: 619 μg/mL
• Formulation: 0.01M HEPES with 100μg/mL BSA, 50% glycerol, 0.15M NaCl and <0.02% sodium azide; pH 7.5
• Gene Accession No.: Q14790
• Gene Symbols: Casp8
• Immunogen: Synthetic peptide corresponding to the carboxy-terminal sequence of the p18 fragment of human caspase-8.
• Quantity: 200 μL
• Primary or Secondary: Primary
• Target Species: Human
• Product Type: Antibody
• Isotype: IgG1

• Applications: Immunoprecipitation, Western Blot
• Clone: B.925.8
• Conjugate: Unconjugated
• Gene: Casp8
• Gene Alias: ALPS2B; apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase; apoptotic cysteine protease; Apoptotic protease Mch-5; CAP4; CASP8; CASP-8; caspase 8; caspase 8, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase; caspase 8, apoptosis-related cysteine protease; Caspase8; caspase-8; Caspase-8 precursor; Caspase-8 subunit p10; Caspase-8 subunit p18; EC 3.4.22.61; FADD-homologous ICE/ced-3-like protease; FADD-like ICE; Fas-linked ICE-like protease; FLICE; FLJ17672; ICE8; ICE-like apoptotic protease 5; MACH; MACH-alpha-1/2/3 protein; MACH-beta-1/2/3/4 protein; MCH5; MGC78473; MORT1-associated ced-3 homolog; OTTHUMP00000163720; OTTHUMP00000165063; OTTHUMP00000206557; OTTHUMP00000206581
• Host Species: Mouse
• Purification Method: Affinity Chromatography
• Regulatory Status: RUO
• Gene ID (Entrez): 841
• Content And Storage: -20°C
• Form: Liquid