| Immunogen | Purifiedneurofilamentpolypeptides(Debusetal.,1983). |
| Epitope | Unknown |
| Clone | NE14 |
| Concentration | PleaserefertotheCertificateofAnalysisforthelot-specificconcentration. |
| Host | Mouse |
| Specificity | ThisantibodyrecognizesNeurofilamentH. |
| Isotype | IgG1 |
| SpeciesReactivity | |
| SpeciesReactivityNote | Human,PorcineandRat.Reactivitywithotherspecieshasnotbeentested. |
| AntibodyType | MonoclonalAntibody |
| EntrezGeneNumber | |
| EntrezGeneSummary | NeurofilamentsaretypeIVintermediatefilamentheteropolymerscomposedoflight,medium,andheavychains.Neurofilamentscomprisetheaxoskeletonandfunctionallymaintainneuronalcaliber.Theymayalsoplayaroleinintracellulartransporttoaxonsanddendrites.Thisgeneencodestheheavyneurofilamentprotein.ThisproteiniscommonlyusedasabioMarkerofneuronaldamageandsusceptibilitytoamyotrophiclateralsclerosis(ALS)hasbeenassociatedwithmutationsinthisgene.[providedbyRefSeq].
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| GeneSymbol | |
| PurificationMethod | ProteinGPurified |
| UniProtNumber | |
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:Neurofilamentsusuallycontainthreeintermediatefilamentproteins:L,M,andHwhichareinvolvedinthemaintenanceofneuronalcaliber.NF-HhasanimportantfunctioninmatureaxonsthatisnotsubservedbythetwosmallerNFproteins.
PTM:ThereareanumberofrepeatsofthetripeptideK-S-P,NFHisphosphorylatedonanumberoftheserinesinthismotif.ItisthoughtthatphosphorylationofNFHresultsintheformationofinterfilamentcrossbridgesthatareimportantinthemaintenanceofaxonalcaliber.
Phosphorylationseemstoplayamajorroleinthefunctioningofthelargerneurofilamentpolypeptides(NF-MandNF-H),thelevelsofphosphorylationbeingaltereddevelopmentallyandcoincidentwithachangeintheneurofilamentfunction.
POLYMORPHISM:Thenumberofrepeatsisshowntovarybetween29and30.
DISEASE:DefectsinNEFHareacauseofsusceptibilitytoamyotrophiclateralsclerosis(ALS)[MIM:105400].ALSisaneurodegenerativedisorderaffectingupperandlowermotorneurons,andresultinginfatalparalysis.Sensoryabnormalitiesareabsent.Deathusuallyoccurswithin2to5years.Theetiologyislikelytobemultifactorial,involvingbothgeneticandenvironmentalfactors.Ref.8
SIMILARITY:Belongstotheintermediatefilamentfamily.
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| MolecularWeight | ~200kDa |