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HPA024798

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Anti-GEM antibody produced in rabbit

enhanced validation

Prestige Antibodies® Powered by Atlas Antibodies, affinity isolated antibody, buffered aqueous glycerol solution

Synonym(s):

Anti-GTP binding protein overexpressed in skeletal muscle, Anti-KIR, Anti-XNPEP2, Anti-apelin

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About This Item

UNSPSC Code:
12352203
Human Protein Atlas Number:
NACRES:
NA.41

biological source

rabbit

conjugate

unconjugated

antibody form

affinity isolated antibody

antibody product type

primary antibodies

clone

polyclonal

product line

Prestige Antibodies® Powered by Atlas Antibodies

form

buffered aqueous glycerol solution

species reactivity

human

enhanced validation

recombinant expression
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technique(s)

immunoblotting: 0.04-0.4 μg/mL
immunohistochemistry: 1:50-1:200

immunogen sequence

NTYYRVVLIGEQGVGKSTLANIFAGVHDSMDSDCEVLGEDTYERTLMVDGESATIILLDMWENKGENEWLHDHCMQVGDAYLIVYSITD

UniProt accession no.

shipped in

wet ice

storage temp.

−20°C

target post-translational modification

unmodified

Gene Information

human ... GEM(2669)

General description

The gene GEM (GTP binding protein overexpressed in skeletal muscle) is mapped to human chromosome 8q22-24. It belongs to the Ras superfamily and RGK (for Rad and Kir/Gem) family. The encoded protein has Ras-like core and extended N and C termini.

Immunogen

GTP binding protein overexpressed in skeletal muscle recombinant protein epitope signature tag (PrEST)

Application

All Prestige Antibodies Powered by Atlas Antibodies are developed and validated by the Human Protein Atlas (HPA) project and as a result, are supported by the most extensive characterization in the industry.

The Human Protein Atlas project can be subdivided into three efforts: Human Tissue Atlas, Cancer Atlas, and Human Cell Atlas. The antibodies that have been generated in support of the Tissue and Cancer Atlas projects have been tested by immunohistochemistry against hundreds of normal and disease tissues and through the recent efforts of the Human Cell Atlas project, many have been characterized by immunofluorescence to map the human proteome not only at the tissue level but now at the subcellular level. These images and the collection of this vast data set can be viewed on the Human Protein Atlas (HPA) site by clicking on the Image Gallery link. We also provide Prestige Antibodies® protocols and other useful information.

Biochem/physiol Actions

GEM (GTP binding protein overexpressed in skeletal muscle) is a guanosine triphosphate (GTP)-binding protein. It controls voltage gated Ca2+ channels and cytoskeleton dynamics. Overexpression of GEM causes disruption of stress fiber, changes in cell shape and neurite elongation in interphase cells. In addition, it is also involved in actin remodelling during mitosis. In Timothy syndrome, overexpression of GEM leads to inactivation of RhoA, thereby preventing dendritic retraction. GEM might also be associated with cell invasiveness. In HTLV-1 retrovirus (human T-cell leukemia virus type 1) infection, GEM is involved in cell-to-cell viral transmission.

Features and Benefits

Prestige Antibodies® are highly characterized and extensively validated antibodies with the added benefit of all available characterization data for each target being accessible via the Human Protein Atlas portal linked just below the product name at the top of this page. The uniqueness and low cross-reactivity of the Prestige Antibodies® to other proteins are due to a thorough selection of antigen regions, affinity purification, and stringent selection. Prestige antigen controls are available for every corresponding Prestige Antibody and can be found in the linkage section.

Every Prestige Antibody is tested in the following ways:
  • IHC tissue array of 44 normal human tissues and 20 of the most common cancer type tissues.
  • Protein array of 364 human recombinant protein fragments.

Linkage

Corresponding Antigen APREST75499

Physical form

Solution in phosphate-buffered saline, pH 7.2, containing 40% glycerol and 0.02% sodium azide.

Legal Information

Prestige Antibodies is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Disclaimer

Unless otherwise stated in our catalog or other company documentation accompanying the product(s), our products are intended for research use only and are not to be used for any other purpose, which includes but is not limited to, unauthorized commercial uses, in vitro diagnostic uses, ex vivo or in vivo therapeutic uses or any type of consumption or application to humans or animals.

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Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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Kanako Yoshizawa et al.
Experimental animals, 52(5), 391-396 (2003-11-20)
Despite intensive studies of muscular dystrophy of chicken, the responsible gene has not yet been identified. Our recent studies mapped the genetic locus for abnormal muscle (AM) of chicken with muscular dystrophy to chromosome 2q using the Kobe University (KU)
Mingming Fan et al.
The Journal of biological chemistry, 287(27), 22749-22758 (2012-05-17)
The RGK family of monomeric GTP-binding proteins potently inhibits high voltage-activated Ca(2+) channels. The molecular mechanisms of this inhibition are largely unclear. In Xenopus oocytes, Gem suppresses the activity of P/Q-type Ca(2+) channels on the plasma membrane. This is presumed
Guillaume Andrieu et al.
Carcinogenesis, 35(11), 2503-2511 (2014-09-01)
Gem is a small guanosine triphosphate (GTP)-binding protein within the Ras superfamily, involved in the regulation of voltage-gated calcium channel activity and cytoskeleton reorganization. Gem overexpression leads to stress fiber disruption, actin and cell shape remodeling and neurite elongation in
Sébastien A Chevalier et al.
PLoS pathogens, 10(2), e1003917-e1003917 (2014-03-04)
Efficient HTLV-1 viral transmission occurs through cell-to-cell contacts. The Tax viral transcriptional activator protein facilitates this process. Using a comparative transcriptomic analysis, we recently identified a series of genes up-regulated in HTLV-1 Tax expressing T-lymphocytes. We focused our attention towards

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