Description | Specificity: Mouse, rat, and human caspase-9 p10 and caspase-9 precursor. The activation of the initiator caspase, caspase-9, is regulated by the apoptosome, which is composed of cytochrome c bound to Apaf-1 and dATP (1&2). The apoptosome responds to a diverse array of apoptotic stimuli that initiate the caspase cascade that ultimately results in cell death. The cascade of events starts with the proteolytic cleavage of caspase-9, that then cleaves downstream caspases, caspase-3, -6, and '7 (1). The apoptotic initiating activity of caspase-9 can be regulated by XIAP, X-linked inhibitor-of-apoptosis protein; through the binding of caspase-9 at it amino terminus while it is bound to the apoptosome (3 & 4). This inhibition of caspase-9 activity |
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