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Anti-VPS13A antibody produced in rabbit

Prestige Antibodies® Powered by Atlas Antibodies, affinity isolated antibody, buffered aqueous glycerol solution, Ab2

Synonym(s):

Anti-Chorea-acanthocytosis protein, Anti-Chorein, Anti-Vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 13A

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About This Item

UNSPSC Code:
12352203
Human Protein Atlas Number:
NACRES:
NA.43

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

technique(s)

immunohistochemistry: 1:50- 1:200

immunogen sequence

RPPRFFNEDGVIRPYRLRDGTGNQMLQVMENGRFAKYKYFTHVMINKTDMLMITRRGVLFVTKGTFGQLTCEWQYSFDEFTKEPFIVHGRRLRIEAKERVKSVF

UniProt accession no.

shipped in

wet ice

storage temp.

−20°C

target post-translational modification

unmodified

Gene Information

human ... VPS13A(23230)

General description

VPS13A (Vacuolar protein sorting 13 homolog A, S. cerevisiae) encodes a 360kDa protein referred to as chorein. It is a member of VPS13 protein family and located on chromosome 9q21. It consists of two splicing variants. It is highly expressed in wide range of tissues such as testis, kidney, spleen and brain. In neurons, it is distributed in microsomal and synaptosomal fractions, the neuronal perinuclear region, cytoplasm, and fibers.

Immunogen

Vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 13A 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

VPS13A (Vacuolar protein sorting 13 homolog A, S. cerevisiae) is involved in the molecular trafficking to the cytoskeleton and intracellular space. VPS13A performs an important role in the regulation of actin reorganization, apoptosis, and cell morphology. It controls PI3K, Rac1, and PAK1 signaling pathways. It directly interacts with the phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3K), which mediates the phosphorylation of the PI3K subunit p85 followed by PI3K, Rac1 and PAK1 activation. Further, the activated PI3K and PAK1 initiate actin polymerization and rearrange microfilaments. Mutation in VPS13A causes the chorea-acanthocytosis syndrome in humans.

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 APREST75427

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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Esther García-García et al.
Frontiers in neuroscience, 18, 1394478-1394478 (2024-06-21)
VPS13A disease and Huntington's disease (HD) are two basal ganglia disorders that may be difficult to distinguish clinically because they have similar symptoms, neuropathological features, and cellular dysfunctions with selective degeneration of the medium spiny neurons of the striatum. However
Michael Föller et al.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 26(4), 1526-1534 (2012-01-10)
Chorea-acanthocytosis is an inevitably lethal genetic disease characterized by a progressive hyperkinetic movement disorder and cognitive and behavioral abnormalities as well as acanthocytosis. The disease is caused by loss-of-function mutations of the gene encoding vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 13A (VPS13A)
Yuka Urata et al.
Neurology. Genetics, 5(3), e328-e328 (2019-05-16)
To identify XK pathologic mutations in 6 patients with suspected McLeod syndrome (MLS) and a possible interaction between the chorea-acanthocytosis (ChAc)- and MLS-responsible proteins: chorein and XK protein. Erythrocyte membrane proteins from patients with suspected MLS and patients with ChAc
Alba Tornero-Écija et al.
Life science alliance, 6(6) (2023-03-29)
Human VPS13 proteins are implicated in severe neurological diseases. These proteins play an important role in lipid transport at membrane contact sites between different organelles. Identification of adaptors that regulate the subcellular localization of these proteins at specific membrane contact
A R Tornero-Écija et al.
Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 27(11), 1557-1564 (2023-05-10)
VPS13A is a lipid transfer protein localized at different membrane contact sites between organelles, and mutations in the corresponding gene produce a rare neurodegenerative disease called chorea-acanthocytosis (ChAc). Previous studies showed that VPS13A depletion in HeLa cells results in an

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