Caspase-3 (Cleaved) Description
Apoptosis is a process, in which cells activate an intrinsic suicide mechanism that destroys themselves. The proteases that mediate this execution are called caspase (cysteinyl-aspartic acid proteases). Apoptosis has gained central importance in the study of many biological processes, including neoplasia, neurodegenerative diseases, and development. Cleaved caspase-3 detects endogenous levels of the large fragment (17/19 kDa) of activated caspase-3 resulting from cleavage adjacent to (Asp175). Activation of caspase-3 requires proteolytic processing of its inactive zymogen into actived p17 and p12 subunits. Cleavage of caspase-3 requires aspartic acid at the P1 position. This antibody does not cross react with other cleaved caspases.