Function
May play a role in cell differentiation, proliferation and apoptosis. Binds cholesterol in cholesterol-containing plasma membrane microdomains and may play a role in the organization of the apical plasma membrane in epithelial cells. During early retinal development acts as a key regulator of disk morphogenesis.
Biological Context
Subcellular Location: Apical cell membrane (Multi-pass membrane protein); Cell projection, microvillus membrane (Multi-pass membrane protein); Cell projection, cilium, photoreceptor outer segment; Endoplasmic reticulum; Endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi intermediate compartment
Tissue Specificity: In the submandibular gland, expressed on the apical side of epithelial cells. In the parotid gland, expressed in the intercalated ducts. In the sublingual gland, expressed in intercalated ducts. In the extraorbital lacrimal gland, expressed in the intercalated tubules and larger intralobular ducts. Expressed in the retina. Present in urine within small membrane particles (at protein level). In the embryo, expressed on the apical side of neuroepithelial cells and of other epithelia such as lung buds, gut and ureter buds. In the adult, expressed at the apical side of the kidney tubules and of the ependymal layer of the brain. Not expressed in gut, liver, lung, pituitary, adrenal, heart or spleen. Localized to the nascent disk membranes at the base of the rod outer segment in the retina (at protein level)
Product Specifications
Recombinant Mouse Prominin-1 (Prom1), partial is a recombinant protein from Mus musculus (Mouse), expressed in E.coli, covering amino acids 509-794aa, with N-terminal 6XHis-SUMO-tagged tag, molecular weight 48.5kDa, purity Greater than 90% as determined by SDS-PAGE.. Suitable for ELISA and Western Blot applications.
