UCMA Rabbit Polyclonal Antibody

Specifications

Product Data
Applications	WB
Recommend Dilution	WB: 2.5 - 5 ug/mL
Reactivity	Human, Mouse
Host	Rabbit
Clonality	Polyclonal
Immunogen	UCMA antibody was raised against a 16 amino acid peptide near the carboxy terminus of human UCMA.
Formulation	PBS containing 0.02% sodium azide.
Concentration	1ug/ul
Purification	Affinity chromatography purified via peptide column
Conjugation	Unconjugated
Storage Condition	Store at -20°C as received.
Gene Name	upper zone of growth plate and cartilage matrix associated
Database Link	NP_660357 Entrez Gene 68527 MouseEntrez Gene 221044 Human UniProt ID Q8WVF2
Background	UCMA is a secreted cartilage-specific protein that was discovered in a screen for differentially expressed genes in retinoic acid-treated mouse chondrocytes. It was also identified in a human chondrocyte EST screen for candidate genes of skeletal dysplasias. UCMA expression is thought to parallel that of collagen II with its expression decreasing with maturation chrondrocytes mature. UCMA is processed by a furin-like protease into two fragments, an amino-terminal fragment and a carboxy-terminal fragment (UCMA-C). Application of recombinant UCMA-C to primary osteoblasts, mesenchymal stem cells, and MC3T3-E1 pre-osteoblasts interferes with their osteogenic differentiation, but does not affect expression of chondrocyte-specific genes or chondrocyte proliferation, suggesting that UCMA may be involved in the negative control of osteogenic differentiation of osteochondrogenic precursor cells. At least two isoforms of UCMA are known to exist.
Synonyms	C10orf49; GRP; UCMA
Reference Data
Protein Families	Secreted Protein

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