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Rabbit Anti-Spectrin beta 5/FITC Conjugated antibody
background:
Spectrin, an Actin binding protein that is a major component of the cytoskeletal superstructure of the erythrocyte plasma membrane, is essential in determining the properties of the membrane including its shape and deformability. Spectrins function as membrane organizers and stabilizers, composed of nonhomologous å and ∫ chains, which aggregate side-to-side in an antiparallel fashion to form dimers, tetramers, and higher polymers. The spectrin tetramers in erythrocytes act as barriers to lateral diffusion, but spectrin dimers seem to lack this function. Spectrin ∫ V is a non-erythrocytic member of the ∫-spectrin family. It is expressed in brain and pancreatic islets and localizes to the cytoplasm of the cytoskeleton and cell cortex. Spectrin ∫ V is a 2,564 amino acid protein with four isoforms due to alternative splicing events.
Subcellular Location:
Cytoplasm > cytoskeleton. Detected prominently in the outer segments of photoreceptor rods and cones and in the basolateral membrane and cytosol of gastric epithelial cells.
Tissue Specificity:
Expressed at very low levels in many tissues, with strongest expression in cerebellum, spinal cord, stomach, pituitary gland, liver, pancreas, salivary gland, kidney, bladder, and heart.
Similarity:
Belongs to the spectrin family.
Contains 2 CH (calponin-homology) domains.
Contains 1 PH domain.
Contains 31 spectrin repeats.
Database links:
Entrez Gene: 51332 Human
Omim: 605916 Human
SwissProt: Q9NRC6 Human
Unigene: 709819 Human
Unigene: 10100 Mouse
Important Note:
This product as supplied is intended for research use only, not for use in human, therapeutic or diagnostic applications.
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