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Anti-ASAH1 antibody produced in rabbit

enhanced validation

Prestige Antibodies® Powered by Atlas Antibodies, affinity isolated antibody, buffered aqueous glycerol solution

Synonym(s):

Anti-AC, Anti-Acid ceramidase precursor, Anti-Acylsphingosine deacylase, Anti-N-acylsphingosine amidohydrolase, Anti-PHP32, Anti-Putative 32 kDa heart protein

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About This Item

UNSPSC Code:
12352203
Human Protein Atlas Number:

biological source

rabbit

Quality Level

conjugate

unconjugated

antibody form

affinity isolated antibody

antibody product type

primary antibodies

clone

polyclonal

product line

Prestige Antibodies® Powered by Atlas Antibodies

form

buffered aqueous glycerol solution

species reactivity

human

enhanced validation

orthogonal RNAseq
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technique(s)

immunoblotting: 0.04-0.4 μg/mL
immunohistochemistry: 1:500-1:1000

immunogen sequence

ENSTSYEEAKNLLTKTKILAPAYFILGGNQSGEGCVITRDRKESLDVYELDAKQGRWYVVQTNYDRWKHPFFLDDRRTPAKMCLNRTSQENISFETMYDVLSTKPVLNKLTVYTTLIDVTKGQF

UniProt accession no.

shipped in

wet ice

storage temp.

−20°C

target post-translational modification

unmodified

Gene Information

human ... ASAH1(427)

General description

N-acylsphingosine amidohydrolase (ASAH1) gene is located on human chromosome 8p22-21.2. It is a 26.5kb long gene, which has 14 exons and 13 introns. This gene codes for a 55kDa protein with two subunits- 13kDa α and 40kDa β subunits. It is a glycoprotein and the two subunits are produced by auto-proteolytic cleavage. This protein is highly expressed in heart, lung, kidney and placenta and is expressed to a lesser extent in brain, liver, pancreas and skeletal muscle. ASAH1 is localized to lysosomes and human fibroblasts and macrophages secrete it extracellularly.

Immunogen

Acid ceramidase precursor recombinant protein epitope signature tag (PrEST)

Application

Anti-ASAH1 antibody is suitable for chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) and reChIP.
Anti-ASAH1 antibody produced in rabbit, a Prestige Antibody, is developed and validated by the Human Protein Atlas (HPA) project . Each antibody is tested by immunohistochemistry against hundreds of normal and disease tissues. These images can be viewed on the Human Protein Atlas (HPA) site by clicking on the Image Gallery link. The antibodies are also tested using immunofluorescence and western blotting. To view these protocols and other useful information about Prestige Antibodies and the HPA, visit sigma.com/prestige.

Biochem/physiol Actions

N-acylsphingosine amidohydrolase (ASAH1) converts ceramide to fatty acid and sphingosine. ASAH1 deficiency leads to Farber disease (FD) or Farber lipogranulomatosis, which is a lysosomal storage disease. It is characterized by pulmonary insufficiency, painful swelling of joints and tendons, and a shortened life-span, because of the accumulation of ceramide in tissues. It regulates adrenocortical steroidogenesis by maintaining the intracellular balance of ceramide, sphingosine and sphingosine-1-phosphate. These molecules in turn act as second messengers in protein kinase A/cAMP-dependent pathway mediated steroidogenesis. Expression of ASAH1 is found to be elevated in multiple tumor types, especially prostate cancer. Studies suggest that ASAH1 is a potential therapeutic target in chemoresistant and advanced prostate cancer types.

Features and Benefits

Prestige Antibodies® are highly characterized and extensively validated antibodies with the added benefit of all available characterization data for each target being accessible via the Human Protein Atlas portal linked just below the product name at the top of this page. The uniqueness and low cross-reactivity of the Prestige Antibodies® to other proteins are due to a thorough selection of antigen regions, affinity purification, and stringent selection. Prestige antigen controls are available for every corresponding Prestige Antibody and can be found in the linkage section.

Every Prestige Antibody is tested in the following ways:
  • IHC tissue array of 44 normal human tissues and 20 of the most common cancer type tissues.
  • Protein array of 364 human recombinant protein fragments.

Linkage

Corresponding Antigen APREST70303

Physical form

Solution in phosphate-buffered saline, pH 7.2, containing 40% glycerol and 0.02% sodium azide

Legal Information

Prestige Antibodies is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Disclaimer

Unless otherwise stated in our catalog or other company documentation accompanying the product(s), our products are intended for research use only and are not to be used for any other purpose, which includes but is not limited to, unauthorized commercial uses, in vitro diagnostic uses, ex vivo or in vivo therapeutic uses or any type of consumption or application to humans or animals.

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Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Justine Leclerc et al.
Oncogene, 38(8), 1282-1295 (2018-09-27)
Phenotypic plasticity and subsequent generation of intratumoral heterogeneity underly key traits in malignant melanoma such as drug resistance and metastasis. Melanoma plasticity promotes a switch between proliferative and invasive phenotypes characterized by different transcriptional programs of which MITF is a
Luz Camacho et al.
Journal of lipid research, 54(5), 1207-1220 (2013-02-21)
Acid ceramidase (AC) catalyzes the hydrolysis of ceramide into sphingosine, in turn a substrate of sphingosine kinases that catalyze its conversion into the mitogenic sphingosine-1-phosphate. AC is expressed at high levels in several tumor types and has been proposed as
Z Zhang et al.
Molecular genetics and metabolism, 70(4), 301-309 (2000-09-20)
Farber disease is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by lysosomal acid ceramidase (AC) deficiency. It commonly manifests during the first few months after birth with a unique triad of painful and progressive deformed joints, subcutaneous nodules, and progressive hoarseness. In
C M Li et al.
Genomics, 62(2), 223-231 (1999-12-28)
Acid ceramidase (AC) is the lysosomal enzyme that degrades ceramide into sphingosine and fatty acid. A deficiency in human AC activity leads to the lysosomal storage disorder, Farber disease (FD). The human AC gene (HGMW-approved symbol ASAH) was cloned and
Natasha Lucki et al.
Biochimica et biophysica acta, 1791(8), 706-713 (2009-03-21)
Acid ceramidase (encoded by ASAH1) is a lipid hydrolase that catalyzes the conversion of ceramide (cer) into sphingosine (SPH) and a free fatty acid. Adrenocortical steroidogenesis is regulated by the trophic peptide hormone adrenocorticotropin (ACTH), which induces the expression of

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