Function
Cell surface proteoglycan that bears heparan sulfate. Binds, via the heparan sulfate side chains, alpha-4 (V) collagen and participates in Schwann cell myelination. May act as a catalyst in increasing the rate of conversion of prion protein PRPN(C) to PRNP(Sc) via associating (via the heparan sulfate side chains) with both forms of PRPN, targeting them to lipid rafts and facilitating their interaction.
Biological Context
Subcellular Location: Secreted, extracellular space
Disease Association: [Associates (via the heparan sulfate side chains) with fibrillar APP amyloid-beta peptides in primitive and classic amyloid plaques and may be involved in the deposition of these senile plaques in the Alzheimer disease (AD) brain ] | [Misprocessing of GPC1 is found in fibroblasts of patients with Niemann-Pick Type C1 disease. This is due to the defective deaminative degradation of heparan sulfate chains ]
Product Specifications
Recombinant Human Glypican-1 (GPC1), partial is a recombinant protein from Homo sapiens (Human), expressed in E.coli, covering amino acids 342-530aa, with N-terminal 10xHis-GST-tagged and C-terminal Myc-tagged tag, molecular weight 55.7kDa, purity Greater than 85% as determined by SDS-PAGE.. Suitable for ELISA and Western Blot applications.
