This gene encodes a protein that is 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 composed of a prodomain and a large and 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. This caspase is able to cleave and activate its own precursor protein, as well as caspase 1 precursor. When overexpressed, this gene induces cell apoptosis. Alternative splicing results in transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008],
Western Blot: 1/500 - 1/2000. ELISA: 1/40000. Not yet tested in other applications.
Western blot analysis of Caspase 4/5 (p20, Cleaved-Asp270/Asp311) Antibody. The lane on the right is blocked with the Caspase 4/5 (p20, Cleaved-Asp270/Asp311) peptide.
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