Storage Buffer: PBS, pH 7.4(1%BSA and 0.1% Sodium azide)
Background:
Caspase 2 has a positive and a negative role in the regulation of the apoptotic process. Overexpression of the full length Caspase 2 (Nedd2/Ich1) mRNA in some cell types results in apoptosis, whereas overexpression of an alternative Caspase 2 splice variant suppresses apoptosis induced by serum withdrawal. Caspase 2 may be activated in vitro by Caspase 1, Caspase 3 and the neutral serine protease granzyme B which is stored in the specialized lytic granules of cytotoxic lymphocytes.
Alternate Names:
Apoptosis related cysteine peptidase; CASP 2; Casp 2L Pro; CASP2; Caspase 2 apoptosis related cysteine protease; Caspase2; Developmentally down regulated 2; ICH 1; ICH 1 protease; ICH 1L; ICH 1L/1S; ICH1; ICH1 protease; ICH1L; ICH1L/1S; NEDD 2; NEDD2; NEDD2 apoptosis regulatory gene; Neural precursor cell expressed; Neural precursor cell expressed developmentally down regulated 2.