Human Caspase 6 (CASP6), GenBank Accession No. NM_001226, full length, a.a. 1-293 (end), with C-terminal His-tag, expressed in an E. coli cell expression system. Pro-caspase-6 is activated by autocleavage to yield 20 kDa and 18 kDa proteins (large subunit) and an 11 kDa small subunit (His-tag) that dimerize to form the active enzyme.
Specific activity: >= 1720 pmol/min/ug
Background
Caspase-6 is a member of the caspase (cysteine aspartate protease) family of proteins, and has been shown to be an executioner protein of apoptosis. Recent evidence shows that caspase-6 is involved in neurodegenerative diseases, such as Huntington's and Alzheimer's.
Immunogen Region
1-293 (end)
Tag
C-terminal His-tag
Formulation
40 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.0, 110 mM NaCl, 2.2 mM KCl, 320 mM imidazole, 0.01% Tween-20, and 20% glycerol.
Species
Human
Application
Useful for the study of enzyme kinetics, screening inhibitors, and selectivity profiling
Notes
Assayed using BPS's Homogeneous Caspase-6 Assay Kit, Cat. # 80703. 50 mM HEPES, pH 7.2, 50mM NaCl, 10 mM EDTA, 0.1% Chaps, 5%glycerol, 10 mM DTT, and 20 uM Caspase 6substrate. Incubate for 30 minutes at roomtemperature. Fluorescence intensity ismeasured at exc380/em505 nm.
Avoid freeze/thaw cycles.
GenBank
NM_001226
Mw(kda)
see Description
Synonyms
Caspase-6, CASP6, Caspase 6, Mch2
Uniprot
P55212
Shipping Temperature
-80°C (dry ice)
Format
Aqueous buffer solution
Storage
At least 6 months at -80°C.
Reference
1. Halawani, D., et al., J Neurosci. 2010 Apr 28;30(17):6132-42. 2. LeBlanc, A., et al., J Biol Chem. 1999 Aug 13;274(33):23426-36.