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N1660

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Anti-Nicastrin antibody produced in rabbit

enhanced validation

IgG fraction of antiserum, buffered aqueous solution

Synonym(s):

Anti-ATAG1874

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MDL number:
MFCD03791914
UNSPSC Code:
12352203
NACRES:
NA.46

biological source

rabbit

conjugate

unconjugated

antibody form

IgG fraction of antiserum

antibody product type

primary antibodies

clone

polyclonal

form

buffered aqueous solution

mol wt

antigen 110 kDa

species reactivity

human, mouse, rat

enhanced validation

recombinant expression
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technique(s)

microarray: suitable
western blot: 1:1,000 using minimum working antibody dilution using a whole cell extract of the HEK293 cell line stably transfected with human nicastrin.

UniProt accession no.

Q92542

shipped in

dry ice

storage temp.

−20°C

target post-translational modification

unmodified

Gene Information

human ... NCSTN(23385)

General description

Nicastrin (NCSTN) is a type I transmembrane glycoprotein (709 amino acids) that interacts with both presenilin-1 (PS1) and presenilin-2 (PS2). This gene is located on human chromosome 1q23.

Specificity

Rabbit polyclonal anti-Nicastrin recognizes human nicastrin (110 kDa) by immunoblotting. Staining of nicastrin in immunoblotting is specifically inhibited with nicastrin immunizing peptide.

Immunogen

synthetic peptide corresponding to the C-terminus of human nicastrin (amino acids 693-709) conjugated to KLH. The corresponding sequence is identical in mouse.

Application

Anti-Nicastrin antibody produced in rabbit has been used in:
  • western blotting
  • immunoprecipitation
  • co-immunoprecipitation

Biochem/physiol Actions

Nicastrin has a key role in the regulation of presenilin-mediated cleavage of the b-amyloid precursor protein (b-APP) and Notch/GLP-1. Nicastrin binds to the membrane-tethered form of Notch and is essential for the intramembrane cleavage of Notch to generate Notch intracellular domain (NICD), which is involved in intracellular signaling. It has been suggested that nicastrin binds substrates of presenilin/g-secretase complexes or modulates g-secretase activity. Suppression of nicastrin expression in C. elegansembryos induces a subset of notch/glp-1 phenotypes similar to those induced by simultaneous null mutations in both presenilin homologues of C. elegans (sel-12 and hop-1). Thus, increasing evidence indicates that both nicastrin and presenilins are necessary components for the intramembrane proteolysis of proteins such as b-APP and Notch, and implicates a direct role for nicastrin in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer′s disease and in the regulation of Notch signaling in vivo.

Physical form

Solution in 0.01 M phosphate buffered saline, pH 7.4, containing 15 mM sodium azide.

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Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Aph-1 Associates Directly with Full-length and C-terminal Fragments of gamma-Secretase Substrates
Chen AC, et al.
The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 285(15), 11378-11391 (2010)
Louise Hedskog et al.
Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 15(10), 2150-2163 (2010-11-09)
Markers for caspase activation and apoptosis have been shown in brains of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients and AD-mouse models. In neurons, caspase activation is associated with elevated amyloid β-peptide (Aβ) production. Caspases cleave numerous substrates including presenilin-1 (PS1). The cleavage
The Gene Encoding Nicastrin, a Major gamma-Secretase Component, Modifies Risk for Familial Early-Onset Alzheimer Disease in a Dutch Population-Based Sample
Dermaut B, et al.
American Journal of Human Genetics, 70, 1568-1574 (2002)
Yu Ohki et al.
The EMBO journal, 30(23), 4815-4824 (2011-10-18)
Amyloid-β peptide ending at the 42nd residue (Aβ42) is implicated in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Small compounds that exhibit selective lowering effects on Aβ42 production are termed γ-secretase modulators (GSMs) and are deemed as promising therapeutic agents against
Yachiyo Mitsuishi et al.
The Journal of biological chemistry, 285(20), 14920-14931 (2010-03-20)
Drosophila Crumbs has been reported to attenuate Notch signaling by inhibition of gamma-secretase cleavage at the wing margins. gamma-Secretase is an intramembrane protease that is responsible for the generation of amyloid-beta (Abeta) peptides from the beta-amyloid precursor protein (APP). Here
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