CAPNS2 peptide

Nature

Synthetic

Tag/Conjugate

Unconjugated

Purity

> 95 % by SDS-PAGE.

Format

Lyophilized

Preservative

None

Storage

Shipped at 4°C. Upon delivery aliquot and store at -20°C or -80°C. Avoid repeated freeze / thaw cycles. Preservative: None Constituents: 0.001% Tween 20, 30mM HEPES, 2mM EDTA, 150mM Sodium chloride, pH 6.75

Reconstitution

CAPNS2 peptide is supplied as 1mg of dried peptide. When the peptide is reconstituted in 1 mL strile water, the concentration will be 1 mg/mL.

Introduction

Both M-calpain and m-calpain are ubiquitously expressed in mammalian cells, and are countered by the endogenous calpain inhibitor, calpastatin. Other calpain family members (calpain-3, calpain-5, calpain-9, etc) have more limited tissue distribution, and perhaps different functions. The calpain family members consist of a common small subunit (Calpain-S1), and a large variable subunit. It is not clear that all calpains form heterodimers with a small subunit, but calpain-S1 is known to form a heterodimer with calpain-1 and also with calpain-2. Calpain S2 was recently discovered, and initial studies indicate that both small subunits may act as chaperonins to help with folding, or accessory proteins to help localize the calpains. Domains in the small subunit include the amino terminal domain-V (a glycine-rich sequence that is removed on activation of calpain, shorter in calpain-S2 than in calpain S1) and domain-VI, the calcium binding, EF hand domain.

Entrez Gene ID

Synonyms

CAPNS2; calpain, small subunit 2; calpain small subunit 2; CSS2; calcium-dependent protease small subunit 2;