GNE Antibody
Purified Rabbit Polyclonal Antibody (Pab)
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| WB, IHC |
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Primary Accession | Q9Y223 |
Reactivity | Human, Mouse, Rat |
Host | Rabbit |
Clonality | Polyclonal |
Calculated MW | 79,83,79,71,67 KDa |
Antigen Region | 600-629 aa |
Gene ID | 10020 |
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Other Names | Bifunctional UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase, UDP-GlcNAc-2-epimerase/ManAc kinase, UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase (hydrolyzing), UDP-GlcNAc-2-epimerase, Uridine diphosphate-N-acetylglucosamine-2-epimerase, N-acetylmannosamine kinase, ManAc kinase, GNE, GLCNE |
Dilution | WB~~ 1:500 IHC~~1:50-1:100 |
Format | Rabbit IgG in phosphate buffered saline (without Mg2+ and Ca2+), pH 7.4, 150mM NaCl, 0.09% (W/V) sodium azide and 50% glycerol. |
Storage Conditions | -20℃ |
Name | GNE (HGNC:23657) |
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Function | Bifunctional enzyme that possesses both UDP-N- acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase and N-acetylmannosamine kinase activities, and serves as the initiator of the biosynthetic pathway leading to the production of N-acetylneuraminic acid (NeuAc), a critical precursor in the synthesis of sialic acids. By catalyzing this pivotal and rate-limiting step in sialic acid biosynthesis, this enzyme assumes a pivotal role in governing the regulation of cell surface sialylation, playing a role in embryonic angiogenesis (PubMed:10334995, PubMed:11326336, PubMed:14707127, PubMed:16503651, PubMed:2808337, PubMed:38237079). Sialic acids represent a category of negatively charged sugars that reside on the surface of cells as terminal components of glycoconjugates and mediate important functions in various cellular processes, including cell adhesion, signal transduction, and cellular recognition (PubMed:10334995, PubMed:14707127). |
Cellular Location | Cytoplasm, cytosol {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:O35826} |
Tissue Location | Highest expression in liver and placenta. Also found in heart, brain, lung, kidney, skeletal muscle and pancreas Isoform 1 is expressed in heart, brain, kidney, liver, placenta, lung, spleen, pancreas, skeletal muscle and colon. Isoform 2 is expressed mainly in placenta, but also in brain, kidney, liver, lung, pancreas and colon. Isoform 3 is expressed at low level in kidney, liver, placenta and colon. |

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Background
Regulates and initiates biosynthesis of N- acetylneuraminic acid (NeuAc), a precursor of sialic acids. Plays an essential role in early development (By similarity). Required for normal sialylation in hematopoietic cells. Sialylation is implicated in cell adhesion, signal transduction, tumorigenicity and metastatic behavior of malignant cells.
References
Lucka L.,et al.FEBS Lett. 454:341-344(1999).
Seppala R.,et al.Am. J. Hum. Genet. 64:1563-1569(1999).
Wang S.S.,et al.Submitted (JUN-1999) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases.
Huizing M.,et al.Submitted (OCT-2000) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases.
Pramono Z.A.D.,et al.Submitted (AUG-2007) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases.

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