PRNP Polyclonal Antibody

Background:
The protein encoded by this gene is a membrane glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored glycoprotein that tends to aggregate into rod-like structures. The encoded protein contains a highly unstable region of five tandem octapeptide repeats. This gene is found on chromosome 20, approximately 20 kbp upstream of a gene which encodes a biochemically and structurally similar protein to the one encoded by this gene. Mutations in the repeat region as well as elsewhere in this gene have been associated with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, fatal familial insomnia, Gerstmann-Straussler disease, Huntington disease-like 1, and kuru. An overlapping open reading frame has been found for this gene that encodes a smaller, structurally unrelated protein, AltPrp. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants.

Research Area: Cancer, Neuroscience, Stem cells

Synonyms:
PRNP, ASCR, AltPrP, CD230, CJD, GSS, KURU, PRIP, PrP, PrP27-30, PrP33-35C, PrPc, p27-30

Immunogen: Recombinant fusion protein of human PRNP (NP_001073592.1).

Swissprot: P04156
Gene ID: 5621

Calculated MW: 8 kDa/26 kDa/27 kDa
Observed MW: 20-30 kDa

Purification Method: Affinity purification

Buffer: PBS with 0.02% sodium azide, 50% glycerol, pH7.3

Concentration: 1 mg/mL
Dilution: "WB 1:500-1:2000 IHC 1:50-1:200"

Storage:
Store at -20°C. Avoid freeze / thaw cycles.