Storage Buffer: PBS, pH 7.4(1%BSA and 0.1% Sodium azide)
Background:
FAS is a receptor for TNFSF6/FASL. The adaptor molecule FADD recruits caspase-8 to the activated receptor. The resulting death-inducing signaling complex (DISC) performs caspase-8 proteolytic activation which initiates the subsequent cascade of caspases (aspartate-specific cysteine proteases) mediating apoptosis. Apoptosis or programmed-cell death is a physiological process essential for the normal development and maintenance of homeostasis in many organisms. This “cellular suicide” can be mediated by the Fas antigen (CD95, APO1), a cell-surface glycoprotein, 40-50kDa, that belongs to the nerve growth factor/tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor family. FAS-mediated apoptosis may have a role in the induction of peripheral tolerance, in the antigen-stimulated suicide of mature T-cells, or both (By similarity). It is type I membrane protein.