| Purity | Partiallypurifiedrecombinantcaspase3withafulllengthHIS-6-tag.Approximately10-20%caspase1protein.TheremainderisE.Coliproteins.Approximately0.8-2mgtotalprotein/Uofactivity;E.Coliproteinshavenoreactivity. | 
| EntrezGeneNumber |  | 
| EntrezGeneSummary | Thisgeneencodesaproteinwhichisamemberofthecysteine-asparticacidprotease(caspase)family.Sequentialactivationofcaspasesplaysacentralroleintheexecution-phaseofcellapoptosis.Caspasesexistasinactiveproenzymeswhichundergoproteolyticprocessingatconservedasparticresiduestoproduce2subunits,largeandsmall,thatdimerizetoformtheactiveenzyme.ThisgenewasidentifiedbyitsABIlitytoproteolyticallycleaveandactivatetheinactiveprecursorofinterleukin-1,acytokineinvolvedintheprocessessuchasinflammation,septicshock,andwoundhealing.Thisgenehasbeenshowntoinducecellapoptosisandmayfunctioninvariousdevelopmentalstages.StudiesofasimilargeneinmousesuggestaroleinthepathogenesisofHuntingtondisease.Alternativesplicingofthisgeneresultsinfivetranscriptvariantsencodingdistinctisoforms. | 
| GeneSymbol | CASP1IL1BCEP45IL-1BCIL1BCp45IL1B-convertaseCASP-1ICEEC3.4.22.36[Contains:Caspase-1subunitp20Caspase-1subunitp10].
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| UniProtNumber |  | 
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:P29466#ThiolproteasethatcleavesIL-1betabetweenanAspandanAla,releasingthematurecytokinewhichisinvolvedinavarietyofinflammatoryprocesses.Importantfordefenseagainstpathogens.Cleavesandactivatessterolregulatoryelementbindingproteins(SREBPs).Canalsopromoteapoptosis. SIZE:404aminoacids;45159Da
 SUBUNIT:Heterotetramerthatconsistsoftwoanti-parallelarrangedheterodimers,eachoneformedbya20kDa(p20)anda10kDa(p10)subunit.Thep20subunitcanalsoformaheterodimerwiththeepsilonisoformwhichthenhasaninhibitoryeffect.Maybeacomponentoftheinflammasome,aproteincomplexwhichalsoincludesPYCARD,CARD8andNALP2andwhosefunctionwouldbetheactivationofproinflammatorycaspases.
 SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Cytoplasm.
 TISSUESPECIFICITY:Expressedinlargeramountsinspleenandlung.Detectedinliver,heart,smallintestine,colon,thymus,prostate,skeletalmuscle,peripheralbloodleukocytes,kidneyandtestis.Noexpressioninthebrain.
 PTM:Thetwosubunitsarederivedfromtheprecursorsequencebyanautocatalyticmechanism.
 SIMILARITY:SwissProt:P29466##BelongstothepeptidaseC14family.&Contains1CARDdomain.
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