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This peptide corresponds to 14 amino acids near the amino terminus of human Aven.
PEP-0406 can be used as a blocking peptide with polyclonal antibody PA5-20288.
Apoptosis plays a major role in normal organism development, tissue homeostasis, and removal of damaged cells. Disruption of this process has been implicated in a variety of diseases such as cancer. Aven is a recently discovered protein that blocks apoptosis induced by Apaf-1 and caspase-9. It is thought that Aven functions by binding to Bcl-xL, an antiapoptotic member of the Bcl-2 family, and to Apaf-1, possibly interfering with the ability of Apaf-1 to self-associate, suggesting that Aven impedes Apaf-1-mediated caspase activation. Higher levels of Aven mRNA are seen in patients with acute leukemia than in control patients, suggesting that Aven may be useful as a prognostic indicator in leukemia patients.
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Protein Aliases: apoptosis, caspase activation inhibitor; Cell death regulator Aven; programmed cell death 12
Gene Aliases: AVEN; PDCD12
UniProt ID: (Human) Q9NQS1
Entrez Gene ID: (Human) 57099
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