Rabbit anti-Human HTRA2 Polyclonal Antibody

Uniprot Id

O43464

Target Species

Human

Target Name

HTRA2

Target Full Name

Serine protease HTRA2, mitochondrial

Target Function

Serine protease that shows proteolytic activity against a non-specific substrate beta-casein. Promotes or induces cell death either by direct binding to and inhibition of BIRC proteins (also called inhibitor of apoptosis proteins, IAPs), leading to an increase in caspase activity, or by a BIRC inhibition-independent, caspase-independent and serine protease activity-dependent mechanism. Cleaves THAP5 and promotes its degradation during apoptosis. Isoform 2 seems to be proteolytically inactive.

Target Involvement

3-methylglutaconic aciduria 8 (MGCA8); Parkinson disease 13 (PARK13)

Target Subcellular Location

Mitochondrion intermembrane space. Mitochondrion membrane; Single-pass membrane protein. Note=Predominantly present in the intermembrane space. Released into the cytosol following apoptotic stimuli, such as UV treatment, and stimulation of mitochondria with caspase-8 truncated BID/tBID.

Target Protein Families

Peptidase S1C family

Target Tissue Specificity

Isoform 1 is ubiquitous. Isoform 2 is expressed predominantly in the kidney, colon and thyroid.

Target Synonyms

HTRA2; OMI; PRSS25; Serine protease HTRA2, mitochondrial; High temperature requirement protein A2; HtrA2; Omi stress-regulated endoprotease; Serine protease 25; Serine proteinase OMI

Target Background

This gene encodes a serine protease. The protein has been localized in the endoplasmic reticulum and interacts with an alternatively spliced form of mitogen-activated protein kinase 14. The protein has also been localized to the mitochondria with release to the cytosol following apoptotic stimulus. The protein is thought to induce apoptosis by binding the apoptosis inhibitory protein baculoviral IAP repeat-containing 4. Nuclear localization of this protein has also been observed. Alternate splicing of this gene results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms.