| Immunogen | L2epitopecarryingglycoproteinextractof1-2olddaychickenbrain. |
| Clone | 513 |
| Host | Mouse |
| Specificity | AntibodyrecognizesMyelinAssociatedGlycoprotein. |
| Isotype | IgG1 |
| SpeciesReactivity | |
| AntibodyType | MonoclonalAntibody |
| EntrezGeneNumber | |
| EntrezGeneSummary | TheproteinencodedbythisgeneisatypeImembraneproteinandmemberoftheimmunoglobulinsuperfamily.Itisthoughttobeinvolvedintheprocessofmyelination.Itisalectinthatbindstosialylatedglycoconjugatesandmediatescertainmyelin-neuroncell-cellinteractions.Twoalternativelysplicedtranscriptsencodingdifferentisoformshavebeendescribedforthisgene. |
| GeneSymbol | - MAG
- SIGLEC4A
- SIGLEC-4A
- Siglec-4a
- S-MAG
- GMA
|
| PurificationMethod | ProteinAPurfied |
| UniProtNumber | |
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:P20916#Adhesionmoleculeinpostnatalneuraldevelopmentthatmediatessialic-aciddependentcell-cellinteractionsbetweenneuronalandmyelinatingcells.Preferentiallybindstoalpha2,3-linkedsialicacid(Bysimilarity).
SIZE:626aminoacids;69069Da
SUBUNIT:BindstoRTN4R(Bysimilarity).
SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Membrane;Single-passtypeImembraneprotein.
SIMILARITY:SwissProt:P20916##Belongstotheimmunoglobulinsuperfamily.SIGLEC(sialicacidbindingIg-likelectin)family.&Contains4Ig-likeC2-type(immunoglobulin-like)domains.&Contains1Ig-likeV-type(immunoglobulin-like)domain. |
| MolecularWeight | 69.3kDaCalculated |