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Mouse CD146 / MCAM Protein (His Tag)

1-gicerin,AV025631,CD146,CD149,Muc18,s-endo,s-gicerin

Catalog Number P50794-M08H
Organism Species Mouse
Host Human Cells
Synonyms 1-gicerin,AV025631,CD146,CD149,Muc18,s-endo,s-gicerin
Molecular Weight The secreted recombinant mouse MCAM comprises 551 amino acids and has a calculated molecular mass of 61.3 kDa. As a result of glycosylation, the apparent molecular mass of the recombinant protein is approximately 90-100 kDa in SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions.
predicted N Val 24
SDS-PAGE
Purity > 98 % as determined by SDS-PAGE
Protein Construction A DNA sequence encoding the mouse MCAM (Q8R2Y2-1) extracellular domain (Met 1-Val 563) was expressed, fused with a C-terminal polyhistidine tag.
Bio-activity
Research Area Developmental Biology |Embryogenesis |Germ Layer Formation |Mesoderm Marker
Formulation Lyophilized from sterile PBS, pH 7.4
1. Normally 5 % - 8 % trehalose and mannitol are added as protectants before lyophilization. Specific concentrations are included in the hardcopy of COA.
Background The CD146 antigen, also known as melanoma cell adhesion molecule (MCAM) and MUC18, is an integral membrane glycoprotein belonging to the immunoglobulin superfamily. CD146 contains the characteristic immunoglobulin-like domains (V-V-C2-C2-C2), a transmembrane region and a short cytoplasmic tail. The CD146 expression is detected in endothelial cells in vascular tissue throughout the body, and plays a role in cell adhesion, as well as in cohesion of the endothelial monolayer at intercellular junctions in vascular tissue. As a Ca2+-independent cell adhesion molecule involved in heterophilic cell to cell interactions and a surface receptor, CD146 triggers tyrosine phosphorylation of FYN and PTK2 and subsequently induced signal transduction, proteolysis, or immune recognition. This protein is also expressed predominantly on metastatic lesions and advanced primary tumours, and thus has been suggested to play an important role in tumour progression and the development of metastasis in certain human carcinomas.
Reference
  • Mills L, et al. (2002) Fully human antibodies to MCAM/MUC18 inhibit tumor growth and metastasis of human melanoma. Cancer Res. 62(17): 5106-14.
  • Taira E, et al. (2004) Characterization of Gicerin/MUC18/CD146 in the rat nervous system. J Cell Physiol. 198(3): 377-87.
  • Fritzsche FR, et al. (2008) CD146 protein in prostate cancer: revisited with two different antibodies. Pathology. 40(5): 457-64.
  • Bidlingmaier S, et al. (2009) Identification of MCAM/CD146 as the target antigen of a human monoclonal antibody that recognizes both epithelioid and sarcomatoid types of mesothelioma. Cancer Res. 69(4): 1570-7.
  • Boneberg EM, et al. (2009) Soluble CD146 is generated by ectodomain shedding of membrane CD146 in a calcium-induced, matrix metalloprotease-dependent process. Microvasc Res. 78(3): 325-31.