| Immunogen | Syntheticpeptidecorrespondingtoaminoacidresiduessurroundingandincludingtyrosine731(phosphorylated)ofhumanVE-Cadherin.Theimmunogensequenceis100%identicalinchimpanzee,mouse,rat,chicken,zebrafish,cow,dogand91%identicalinpigVE-cadherin. |
| Epitope | Tyr731 |
| Host | Rabbit |
| Specificity | Theantibodydetectsa120kDaproteincorrespondingtoVE-cadherin. |
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| AntibodyType | PolyclonalAntibody |
| EntrezGeneNumber | |
| EntrezGeneSummary | Thisgeneisaclassicalcadherinfromthecadherinsuperfamilyandislocatedinasix-cadherinclusterinaregiononthelongarmofchromosome16thatisinvolvedinlossofheterozygosityeventsinbreastandprostatecancer.Theencodedproteinisacalcium-dependentcell-celladhesionglycoproteincomprisedoffiveextracellularcadherinrepeats,atransmembraneregionandahighlyconservedcytoplasmictail.FunctioningasaclassiccadherinbyimpartingtocellstheABIlitytoadhereinahomophilicmanner,theproteinmayplayanimportantroleinendothelialcellbiologythroughcontrolofthecohesionandorganizationoftheintercellularjunctions.Analternativesplicevarianthasbeendescribedbutitsfulllengthsequencehasnotbeendetermined. |
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| Modifications | |
| PurificationMethod | ImmunoAffinityPurified |
| UniProtNumber | |
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:P33151#Cadherinsarecalciumdependentcelladhesionproteins.Theypreferentiallyinteractwiththemselvesinahomophilicmannerinconnectingcells;cadherinsmaythuscontributetothesortingofheterogeneouscelltypes.Thiscadherinmayplayaimportantroleinendothelialcellbiologythroughcontrolofthecohesionandorganizationoftheintercellularjunctions.Itassociateswithalpha-cateninformingalinktothecytoskeleton. SIZE:784aminoacids;87516Da SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Celljunction.Cellmembrane;Single-passtypeImembraneprotein(Probable).Note=Foundatcell-cellboundariesandprobablyatcell-matrixboundaries. TISSUESPECIFICITY:Endothelialtissuesandbrain. SIMILARITY:SwissProt:P33151##Contains5cadherindomains. |
| MolecularWeight | 120kDa |