APAF1
Reactivity: Human
WB, IHC, IF, IC
Host: Rabbit
Polyclonal
unconjugated
Application Notes
Western Blot: 0.25 to 0.5 μg/mL. Detects a 130 kDa band in whole HeLa cell lysate. Other applications not tested. Optimal dilutions are dependent on conditions and should be determined by the user.
Restrictions
For Research Use only
Buffer
Phosphate buffered saline solution containing 0.02 % sodium azide as a preservative
Preservative
Sodium azide
Precaution of Use
This product contains sodium azide: a POISONOUS AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE which should be handled by trained staff only.
Handling Advice
DO NOT FREEZE!
Storage
4 °C
Storage Comment
The antibody can be shipped at ambient temperature. Store (in aliquots) at 2-8 °C.
Apoptosis is related to many diseases and induced by a family of cell death receptors and their ligands. Cell death signals are transduced by death domain containing adapter molecules and members of the caspase family of proteases. The mammalian homologues of the key cell death gene CED-4 in C. elegans has been identified recently from human and mouse and designated Apaf1 (for apoptosis protease-activating factor 1) (1,2). Apaf1 binds to cytochrome c (Apaf2) and caspase-9 (Apaf3), which leads to caspase-9 activation. Activated caspase-9 in turn cleaves and activates caspase-3 that is one of the key proteases, being responsible for the proteolytic cleavage of many key proteins in apoptosis (3). Apaf1 can also associate with caspase-4 and caspase-8 (4). Apaf1 is ubiquitously expressed in human tissues (1).Synonyms: Apaf-1, Apoptotic protease-activating factor 1, KIAA0413