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Rabbit Anti-NRAMP1/FITC Conjugated antibody
background:
This gene is a member of the solute carrier family 11 (proton-coupled divalent metal ion transporters) family and encodes a multi-pass membrane protein. The protein functions as a divalent transition metal (iron and manganese) transporter involved in iron metabolism and host resistance to certain pathogens. Mutations in this gene have been associated with susceptibility to infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and leprosy, and inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn disease. Alternatively spliced variants that encode different protein isoforms have been described but the full-length nature of only one has been determined. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Function:
Divalent transition metal (iron and manganese) transporter involved in iron metabolism and host resistance to certain pathogens. Macrophage-specific membrane transport function. Controls natural resistance to infection with intracellular parasites. Pathogen resistance involves sequestration of Fe(2+) and Mn(2+), cofactors of both prokaryotic and eukaryotic catalases and superoxide dismutases, not only to protect the macrophage against its own generation of reactive oxygen species, but to deny the cations to the pathogen for synthesis of its protective enzymes.
Subcellular Location:
Membrane.
Tissue Specificity:
Macrophages; peripheral blood leukocytes, lung, spleen and liver.
Similarity:
Belongs to the NRAMP family.
Database links:
Entrez Gene: 6556 Human
Entrez Gene: 18173 Mouse
Entrez Gene: 316519 Rat
Omim: 600266 Human
SwissProt: P49279 Human
SwissProt: P41251 Mouse
SwissProt: P70553 Rat
Unigene: 591607 Human
Unigene: 2913 Mouse
Unigene: 105919 Rat
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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