Caspase-4, a member of the Caspase-1 subfamily of cysteine proteases, exists as an inactive pro-enzyme which undergoes proteolytic cleavage of its p30 precursor form, into smaller p20 and p10 subunits.
The cellular localisation of Caspase-4 on the Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) membrane, has resulted in this protein becoming a focus of studies in which dysfunction or stress to the ER membrane is implicated, such as Alzheimer’s disease and Ischemia (1, 3) and confirms the involvement of Caspase-4 as an instigator of cellular apoptosis.
Applications:Suitable for use in Immunohistochemistry and Western Blot.
Other applications not tested.
Recommended Dilution:Immunohistochemistry (paraffin): Does not require protein digestion pre-treatment or antigen retrieval using heat treatment prior to staining paraffin sections
Western Blot: Detects a band at ~34kD in Ramos cell lysates
Optimal dilutions to be determined by the researcher.