Anti-AFG3L2 Picoband Antibody
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| WB |
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Primary Accession | Q9Y4W6 |
Host | Rabbit |
Reactivity | Human, Mouse, Rat |
Clonality | Polyclonal |
Format | Lyophilized |
Description | Rabbit IgG polyclonal antibody for AFG3-like protein 2(AFG3L2) detection. Tested with WB in Human;Mouse;Rat. |
Reconstitution | Add 0.2ml of distilled water will yield a concentration of 500ug/ml. |
Gene ID | 10939 |
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Other Names | AFG3-like protein 2, 3.4.24.-, Paraplegin-like protein, AFG3L2 |
Calculated MW | 88584 MW KDa |
Application Details | Western blot, 0.1-0.5 µg/ml, Human, Mouse, Rat |
Subcellular Localization | Mitochondrion membrane ; Multi-pass membrane protein . |
Tissue Specificity | Ubiquitous. Highly expressed in the cerebellar Purkinje cells. . |
Protein Name | AFG3-like protein 2 |
Contents | Each vial contains 5mg BSA, 0.9mg NaCl, 0.2mg Na2HPO4, 0.05mg NaN3. |
Immunogen | E. coli-derived human AFG3L2 recombinant protein (Position: R168-D250). Human AFG3L2 shares 100% amino acid (aa) sequence identity with mouse AFG3L2. |
Purification | Immunogen affinity purified. |
Cross Reactivity | No cross reactivity with other proteins |
Storage | At -20˚C for one year. After r˚Constitution, at 4˚C for one month. It˚Can also be aliquotted and stored frozen at -20˚C for a longer time.Avoid repeated freezing and thawing. |
Name | AFG3L2 {ECO:0000303|PubMed:10395799, ECO:0000312|HGNC:HGNC:315} |
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Function | Catalytic component of the m-AAA protease, a protease that plays a key role in proteostasis of inner mitochondrial membrane proteins, and which is essential for axonal and neuron development (PubMed:19748354, PubMed:28396416, PubMed:29932645, PubMed:30683687, PubMed:31327635, PubMed:37917749, PubMed:38157846). AFG3L2 possesses both ATPase and protease activities: the ATPase activity is required to unfold substrates, threading them into the internal proteolytic cavity for hydrolysis into small peptide fragments (PubMed:19748354, PubMed:31327635). The m-AAA protease carries out quality control in the inner membrane of the mitochondria by mediating degradation of mistranslated or misfolded polypeptides (PubMed:26504172, PubMed:30683687, PubMed:34718584). The m-AAA protease complex also promotes the processing and maturation of mitochondrial proteins, such as MRPL32/bL32m, PINK1 and SP7 (PubMed:22354088, PubMed:29932645, PubMed:30252181). Mediates protein maturation of the mitochondrial ribosomal subunit MRPL32/bL32m by catalyzing the cleavage of the presequence of MRPL32/bL32m prior to assembly into the mitochondrial ribosome (PubMed:29932645). Required for SPG7 maturation into its active mature form after SPG7 cleavage by mitochondrial-processing peptidase (MPP) (PubMed:30252181). Required for the maturation of PINK1 into its 52kDa mature form after its cleavage by mitochondrial- processing peptidase (MPP) (PubMed:22354088). Acts as a regulator of calcium in neurons by mediating degradation of SMDT1/EMRE before its assembly with the uniporter complex, limiting the availability of SMDT1/EMRE for MCU assembly and promoting efficient assembly of gatekeeper subunits with MCU (PubMed:27642048, PubMed:28396416). Promotes the proteolytic degradation of GHITM upon hyperpolarization of mitochondria: progressive GHITM degradation leads to respiratory complex I degradation and broad reshaping of the mitochondrial proteome by AFG3L2 (PubMed:35912435). Also acts as a regulator of mitochondrial glutathione homeostasis by mediating cleavage and degradation of SLC25A39 (PubMed:37917749, PubMed:38157846). SLC25A39 cleavage is prevented when SLC25A39 binds iron-sulfur (PubMed:37917749, PubMed:38157846). Involved in the regulation of OMA1-dependent processing of OPA1 (PubMed:17615298, PubMed:29545505, PubMed:30252181, PubMed:30683687, PubMed:32600459). May act by mediating processing of OMA1 precursor, participating in OMA1 maturation (PubMed:29545505). |
Cellular Location | Mitochondrion inner membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein |
Tissue Location | Ubiquitous. Highly expressed in the cerebellar Purkinje cells. |

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Background
AFG3L2 is the catalytic subunit of the m-AAA protease, an ATP-dependent proteolytic complex of the mitochondrial inner membrane that degrades misfolded proteins and regulates ribosome assembly. In humans, it is encoded by the AFG3L2 gene. This gene encodes a protein localized in mitochondria and closely related to paraplegin. The paraplegin gene is responsible for an autosomal recessive form of hereditary spastic paraplegia. And this gene is a candidate gene for other hereditary spastic paraplegias or neurodegenerative disorders as well as spastic ataxia-neuropathy syndrome.

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