Immunogen | KLH-conjugatedlinearpeptidecorrespondingtohumanVEGFattheN-terminus. |
Epitope | N-terminus |
Concentration | PleaserefertotheCertificateofAnalysisforthelot-specificconcentration. |
Host | Rabbit |
Specificity | ThisantibodyrecognizesVEGFattheN-terminus. |
SpeciesReactivity | |
SpeciesReactivityNote | Demonstratedtoreactwithhuman,mouse,andrat.Predictedtoreactwithprimatebasedon100%sequencehomology. Otherhomologies:Bovine(85%sequencehomology).Rat(70%sequencehomology).Mouse(65%sequencehomology). |
AntibodyType | PolyclonalAntibody |
EntrezGeneNumber | |
EntrezGeneSummary | ThisgeneisamemberofthePDGF/VEGFgrowthfactorfamilyandencodesaproteinthatisoftenfoundasadisulfidelinkedhomodimer.Thisproteinisaglycosylatedmitogenthatspecificallyactsonendothelialcellsandhasvariouseffects,includingmediatingincreasedvascularpermeability,inducingangiogenesis,vasculogenesisandendothelialcellgrowth,promotingcellmigration,andinhibitingapoptosis.ElevatedlevelsofthisproteinislinkedtoPOEMSsyndrome,alsoknownasCrow-Fukasesyndrome.Mutationsinthisgenehavebeenassociatedwithproliferativeandnonproliferativediabeticretinopathy.Alternativelysplicedtranscriptvariants,encodingeitherfreelysecretedorcell-associatedisoforms,havebeencharacterized.Thereisalsoevidencefortheuseofnon-AUG(CUG)translationinitiationsitesupstreamof,andin-framewiththefirstAUG,leADIngtoadditionalisoforms.[providedbyRefSeq]. |
GeneSymbol | |
PurificationMethod | AffinityPurfied |
UniProtNumber | |
UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:Growthfactoractiveinangiogenesis,vasculogenesisandendothelialcellgrowth.Inducesendothelialcellproliferation,promotescellmigration,inhibitsapoptosis,andinducespermeabilizationofbloodvessels.BindstotheVEGFR1/Flt-1andVEGFR2/Kdrreceptors,heparansulfateandheparin.Neuropilin-1bindsisoformsVEGF-165andVEGF-145.
SUBUNIT:Homodimer;disulfide-linked.AlsofoundasheterodimerwithPlGF(Bysimilarity).
SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Secreted.Note=VEGF121isacidicandfreelysecreted.VEGF165ismorebasic,hasheparin-bindingpropertiesand,althoughasignicantproportionremainscell-associated,mostisfreelysecreted.VEGF189isverybasic,itiscell-associatedaftersecretionandisboundavidlybyheparinandtheextracellularmatrix,althoughitmaybereleasedasasolubleformbyheparin,heparinaseorplasmin.
ALTERNATIVEPRODUCTS:10namedisoforms[FASTA]producedbyalternativesplicing. |
MolecularWeight | ~55kDaobserved.UniProtKB/Swiss-ProtP15692(VEGFA_HUMAN)entrydescribes13isoformsproducedbyalternativepromoterusage,alternativesplicingandalternativeinitiation:Isoform1at27.042kDa,Isoform2at25.173kDa,Isoform3at24.422kDa,Isoform4at22.314kDa,Isoform5at20.218kDa,Isoform6at20.064kDa,Isoform7at22.259kDa,Isoform8at17.219kDa,Isoform9at15.981kDa,Isoform10at40.738kDa,Isoform11at35.643kDa,Isoform12at43.597kDa,Isoform13at45.467kDa. |