Immunogen | SyntheticpeptidefromtheN-terminalsequenceofthecleavedNintracellulardomain(NICD)humanNotch1. |
Epitope | CleavedN-Terminus |
Host | Rabbit |
Specificity | Notch1,cleavedNterminal.Onlythecleavedintracellular(activated)formisdetected.NoreactivityisdetectedagainstmouseN2,N3orN4.Thisepitopeisexposedonlyaftergammasecretasecleavageandisnotaccessibleintheuncleavedform. |
Isotype | IgG |
SpeciesReactivity | |
SpeciesReactivityNote | Humanandmouse.Theantibodyisalsoexpectedtoreactwithratduetoimmunogensequencehomology.Otherspecieshavenotbeentested. |
AntibodyType | PolyclonalAntibody |
EntrezGeneNumber | |
EntrezGeneSummary | ThisgeneencodesamemberoftheNotchfamily.MembersofthisType1transmembraneproteinfamilysharestructuralcharacteristicsincludinganextracellulardomainconsistingofmultipleepidermalgrowthfactor-like(EGF)repeats,andanintracellulardomainconsistingofmultiple,differentdomaintypes.Notchfamilymembersplayaroleinavarietyofdevelopmentalprocessesbycontrollingcellfatedecisions.TheNotchsignalingnetworkisanevolutionarilyconservedintercellularsignalingpathwaywhichregulatesinteractionsbetweenphysicallyadjacentcells.InDrosophilia,notchinteractionwithitscell-boundligands(delta,serrate)establishesanintercellularsignalingpathwaythatplaysakeyroleindevelopment.Homologuesofthenotch-ligandshavealsobeenidentifiedinhuman,butpreciseinteractionsbetweentheseligandsandthehumannotchhomologuesremaintobedetermined.Thisproteiniscleavedinthetrans-Golginetwork,andpresentedonthecellsurfaceasaheterodimer.Thisproteinfunctionsasareceptorformembraneboundligands,andmayplaymultiplerolesduringdevelopment. |
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UniProtNumber | |
UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:P46531#Functionsasareceptorformembrane-boundligandsJagged1,Jagged2andDelta1toregulatecell-fatedetermination.Uponligandactivationthroughthereleasednotchintracellulardomain(NICD)itformsatranscriptionalactivatorcomplexwithRBP-Jkappaandactivatesgenesoftheenhancerofsplitlocus.Affectstheimplementationofdifferentiation,proliferationandapoptoticprograms.Maybeimportantfornormallymphocytefunction.Inalteredform,maycontributetotransformationorprogressioninsomeT-cellneoplasms.InvolvedinthematurationofbothCD4+andCD8+cellsinthethymus.Maybeimportantforfolliculardifferentiationandpossiblycellfateselectionwithinthefollicle.Duringcerebellardevelopment,mayfunctionasareceptorforneuronalDNERandmaybeinvolvedinthedifferentiationofBergmannglia(Bysimilarity). SIZE:2556aminoacids;272500Da
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MolecularWeight | ~80kDa |