Water is a critical component of all living cells.
Interestingly, tissue membranes show a great degree of water permeability.
Mammalian red cells, renal proximal tubules and descending thin limb of Henle are extraordinarily permeable to water.
Water crosses hydrophobic plasma membranes either by simple diffusion or through a facilitative transport mechanism mediated by special protein "aquaporin." Over the last decade, genes for several members of aquaporin family have been cloned, expressed and their distribution studied in many tissues.
AQP0 or MIP26 (major intrinsic protein 26kD), and Aquaporin-1 (AQP1, purified from red cells) also called CHIP-28 (channel forming integral protein, 28kD; 268aa; gene locus 7p14) has been the foundation of the growing family of aquaporin.
The lens specific AQP0 represents up to 80% of total lens membrane protein.
Defects in MIP26 are cause of autosomal dominant cataract.
The cataract Fraser mutation (CAT-FR or Shriveled) is a transposon-induced splicing error that substitutes a long terminal repeat sequence for the c-terminus of MIP.
The lens opacity mutation (LOP) is an amino acid substitution that inhibits targeting of MIP to the cell membrane.
AQP7 (rAQP7, 269aa) is abundantly expressed in testis.
It is involved in water, glycerol and urea transport.
AQP7 is also found in adipose tissue, kidney, and heart.
AQP6 has highest homology (48%) with AQP3.
AQP7 has been localized to in the spermatids and at maturing sperms.
AQP families of proteins are predicted to contain six transmembrane domains.
The N and C-terminus are predicted to be cytoplasmic.
Applications:Suitable for use in ELISA.
Western Blot, though not tested, may potentially be used as an application.
Other applications not tested.
Recommended Dilutions:ELISA: 1:10,000-1:50,000.
Control peptide A3000-31P can be used to coat plates at 1ug/ml
Optimal dilutions to be determined by the researcher.
Storage and Stability:May be stored at 4°C for short-term only.
Aliquot to avoid repeated freezing and thawing.
Store at -20°C.
Aliquots are stable for 12 months after receipt.
For maximum recovery of product, centrifuge the original vial after thawing and prior to removing the cap.
仕様
Size：100ul
Host：chicken
Source Antibody：rat
Grade：Serum
Purity：Serum
Form：Supplied as a liquid, 0.09% sodium azide
Specificity：Recognizes rat Aquarporin 7. No significant homology with human AQP7 or AQP7-like or AQP7-adipose.
Isotype：IgY
Calc Applications Abbrev：E
Calc Crossreactivity：Rt
Immunogen：Synthetic peptide corresponding to 18aa within the N-terminal cytoplasmic domain of rat AQP7, conjugated to KLH. Species Sequence Homology: mouse, 81%
