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Human CRABP2 Protein (His Tag)

CRABP-II,RBP6

Catalog Number P11203-H07E
Organism Species Human
Host E. coli
Synonyms CRABP-II,RBP6
Molecular Weight The recombinant human CRABP2 consisting of 144 amino acids and migrates as an approximately 16.5 kDa band in SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions as predicted.
predicted N Met
SDS-PAGE
Purity > 96 % as determined by SDS-PAGE
Protein Construction A DNA sequence encoding the human CRABP2 (NP_001869.1) (Pro2-Glu 138) was expressed, with a polyhistide tag at the N-terminus.
Bio-activity
Research Area Cancer |Signal transduction |Nuclear signaling |Nuclear hormone receptors |Retinoic & Retinoid
Formulation Lyophilized from sterile 20mM Tris, 500mM NaCl, pH 8.0
1. Normally 5 % - 8 % trehalose, mannitol and 0.01% Tween80 are added as protectants before lyophilization. Specific concentrations are included in the hardcopy of COA.
Background Mouse cellular retinoic acid-binding protein 2, also known as Cellular retinoic acid-binding protein II, CRABP-II and CRABP2, is a protein which belongs to the calycin superfamily and Fatty-acid binding protein (FABP) family. Cellular retinoic acid binding proteins (CRABP) are low molecular weight proteins whose precise function remains unknown. The predicted amino acid sequences of human CRABP1 and CRABP2 demonstrated a 99.3% and 93.5% identity to mouse CRABP1 and CRABP2, respectively. CRABP2 forms a beta-barrel structure that accommodates hydrophobic ligands in its interior. Expression of CRABP2, but not CRABP1 mRNA, was markedly increased (greater than 15-fold) by retinoic acid treatment of fibroblasts cultured from human skin, whereas no significant induction of CRABP2 mRNA was observed in human lung fibroblasts. CRABP2 transports retinoic acid to the nucleus. It regulates the access of retinoic acid to the nuclear retinoic acid receptors. CRABP2 is necessary for elastin induction by All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) in MRC-5 cells. It is expressed at low levels in emphysema fibroblasts. This alteration in the retinoic acid signalling pathway in lung fibroblasts may contribute to the defect of alveolar repair in human pulmonary emphysema.
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