Function
Involved in transforming growth factor beta-mediated rearrangement of the podocyte cytoskeleton which includes reduction of F-actin fibers and broadening, flattening and elongation of podocytes. Plays a role in basement membrane organization. May promote cleavage furrow maturation during cytokinesis in preimplantation embryos.
Biological Context
Subcellular Location: Secreted, extracellular space, extracellular matrix, basement membrane; Cytoplasm; Cell junction; Cleavage furrow
Tissue Specificity: Expressed in skin fibroblasts and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells
Disease Association: Macular degeneration, age-related, 1 (ARMD1) : A form of age-related macular degeneration, a multifactorial eye disease and the most common cause of irreversible vision loss in the developed world. In most patients, the disease is manifest as ophthalmoscopically visible yellowish accumulations of protein and lipid that lie beneath the retinal pigment epithelium and within an elastin-containing structure known as Bruch membrane. [The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry]
Product Specifications
Recombinant Human Hemicentin-1 (HMCN1), partial is a recombinant protein from Homo sapiens (Human), expressed in E.coli, covering amino acids 4893-5029aa, with N-terminal 6xHis-tagged tag, molecular weight 19.2kDa, purity Greater than 90% as determined by SDS-PAGE.. Suitable for ELISA and Western Blot applications.
