Huntingtin Recombinant Protein Antigen

• Reactivity: Hu
• Applications: AC

Huntingtin Recombinant Protein Antigen Summary

• Description: A recombinant protein antigen with a N-terminal His6-ABP tag corresponding to human Huntingtin
  
  

  Source: E.coli

  Amino Acid Sequence: DWYVHLVKSQCWTRSDSALLEGAELVNRIPAEDMNAFMMNSEFNLSLLAPCLSLGMSEISGGQKSALFEAAREVTLARVSGTVQQLPAVHHVFQPELPAEPAAYWSKLNDLFGDAALYQSLPTLARALAQYLVVVSKLPSH

  Fusion Tag: N-terminal His6ABP (ABP = Albumin Binding Protein derived from Streptococcal Protein G)

• Protein/Peptide Type: Recombinant Protein Antigen
• Gene: HTT
• Purity: >80% by SDS-PAGE and Coomassie blue staining

Applications/Dilutions

• Dilutions:
  • Antibody Competition 10-100 molar excess
• Application Notes: This recombinant antigen is only intended to be used as a blocking agent to confirm antibody specificity with the corresponding antibody, catalog number NBP3-24905It is purified by IMAC chromatography, and the expected concentration is greater than 0.5 mg/ml.For current lot information, including availability, please contact our technical support team click nb-technical@bio-techne.com.

Packaging, Storage & Formulations

• Storage: Store at -20C. Avoid freeze-thaw cycles.
• Buffer: PBS and 1M Urea, pH 7.4.
• Preservative: No Preservative
• Purity: >80% by SDS-PAGE and Coomassie blue staining

Alternate Names for Huntingtin Recombinant Protein Antigen

• HD protein
• HD
• HTT
• huntingtin (Huntington disease)
• Huntingtin
• IT15
• IT15HDHuntington disease protein

Background

Huntingtin protein (Htt) is a 348 kDa protein product of Huntington's disease (HD, IT15) gene. Huntington's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by a mutation on the HD gene, producing a polyglutamin (polyQ) expansion on the N-terminus of Htt. The mutant Htt leads to cytotoxicity in the striatal neuron (1). This cytotoxicity is modulated by proteolytic cleavage with caspases and calpains, producing N-terminal polyQ fragments. A phosphorylation of Htt may also regulate the cleavage and cytotoxicity of mutant Htt (2). The wild-type Htt up-regulates transcription of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a pro-survival factor for striatal neurons. This suggests restoring wild-type Htt level and increasing BDNF expression level can be therapeutic treatment for Huntington's disease (3). Huntingtin is also cleaved by apopain, a cysteine protease product of death-gene for human, suggesting HD might be a disorder of inappropriate apoptosis (4).

Limitations

This product is for research use only and is not approved for use in humans or in clinical diagnosis. Peptides and proteins are guaranteed for 1 year from date of receipt.

Bioinformatics

• Gene Symbol: HTT