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Designing a Western blot for Caspase-6? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the CASP6 Western Blot GuideFacts about Caspase-6.
Overexpression promotes programmed cell death. .
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | CASP6 |
| Uniprot: | P55212 |
| Entrez: | 839 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| peptidase C14A family |

Apoptotic protease Mch-2; CASP6; CASP-6; caspase 6, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase; caspase 6, apoptosis-related cysteine protease; Caspase6; Caspase-6; EC 3.4.22; Mch2; MCH2EC 3.4.22.59
Mass (kDA):
33.31 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 4q25 |
| Sequence: | 4; NC_000004.12 (109688628..109703445, complement) |
Cytoplasm.






PMID: 7796396 by Fernandes-Alnemri T., et al. Mch2, a new member of the apoptotic Ced-3/Ice cysteine protease gene family.
PMID: 8900201 by Srinivasula S.M., et al. The Ced-3/interleukin 1beta converting enzyme-like homolog Mch6 and the lamin-cleaving enzyme Mch2alpha are substrates for the apoptotic mediator CPP32.