Human GFR alpha-2/GDNF R alpha-2 Antibody Summary
Ser22-Ser441
Accession # O00451
Applications
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Preparation and Storage
- 12 months from date of receipt, -20 to -70 °C as supplied.
- 1 month, 2 to 8 °C under sterile conditions after reconstitution.
- 6 months, -20 to -70 °C under sterile conditions after reconstitution.
Background: GFR alpha-2/GDNF R alpha-2
Glial cell line-derived growth factor (GDNF), neurturin (NTN), persephin (PSP) and artemin, distant members of theTGF-beta superfamily, are neurotrophic factors for a variety of neuronal populations in the central and peripheral nervous systems. The bioactivities of GDNF and NTN are mediated through a receptor complex composed of the non ligand-binding signaling subunit (c-Ret receptor tyrosine kinase) and either of two ligand binding subunits (GDNF receptor alpha -1 [GFR alpha -1], also known as Trn R1 or GFR alpha -2, also known as Trn R2). GFR alpha -1 and -2 are members of a family of at least four cysteine-rich glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol (GPI)-linked cell surface proteins that share conserved placements of many of their cysteine residues. Binding of GDNF or NTN to membrane-associated GFR alpha -1 or GFR alpha -2 initiates the association with and activation of the Ret tyrosine kinase.
Human GFR alpha -2 cDNA encodes a 464 amino acid (aa) residue protein with a putative N-terminal 21 aa residue hydrophobic signal peptide. Like other GPI-linked proteins, human GFR alpha -2 has a C-terminal hydrophobic region which is preceded by a three aa residue (GPS) GPI-binding site. Human GFR alpha -2 shares 96.5% amino acid identity with mouse GFR alpha -2. The expression of the various GFR alpha s are differentially regulated in the central and peripheral nervous system, suggesting complementary roles for the GFR alpha s in mediating the activities of the GDNF family of neurotrophic factors.
- Thompson, J. et al. (1998) Mol. Cell Neurosci. 11:117.
- Trupp, M. et al. (1998) Mol. Cell Neurosci. 11:47.
- Baloh, R.H. et al. (1998) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95:5801.
- Baloh, R.H. et al. (1998) Neuron 21:1291.
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Citation for Human GFR alpha-2/GDNF R alpha-2 Antibody
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Trophic factor modulation of cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptide expression in explant cultured guinea-pig cardiac neurons.
Authors: Girard BM, Young BA, Buttolph TR, Locknar SA, White SL, Parsons RL
Neuroscience, 2006-03-03;139(4):1329-41.
Species: Guinea Pig
Sample Types: Whole Cells
Applications: ICC
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