Product Datasheet
KAI1 Antibody
Catalog Number: 24509
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Description
- Swiss-Prot No.:
- Swiss-Prot:P27701
Gene ID:3732
- Form of Antibody:
- Supplied in PBS containing 0.02% sodium azide.
- Storage:
- Can be stored at -20˚C, stable for one year. As with all antibodies care should be taken to avoid repeated freeze thaw cycles. Antibodies should not be exposed to prolonged high temperatures.
- Immunogen:
- Raised against a 15 amino acid peptide from near the carboxy terminus of human KAI1.
- other_names:
- CD82 antigen, tetraspanin-27, Tspan-27, suppressor of tumorgenicity-6
- Purification:
- Affinity chromatography purified via peptide column
- Applications:
- ELISA WB IHC
- Background:
- KAI1 was initially identified from a T-cell activation study as a four-transmembrane protein that plays an accessory role in T-cell activation, and was later determined to act as a cancer metastasis suppressor gene. This protein is ubiquitously expressed at moderate to high levels in most tissues, but its expression is downregulated during tumor progression. The loss of KAI1 and p53 is associated with poor survival for prostate and other cancer patients. Recently, KAI1 was found to interact with DARC, the Duffy antigen for chemokines using a yeast two hybrid screen. It is thought that tumor cells dislodged from the primary tumor and expressing KAI1 interact with DARC proteins expressed on vascular cells, transmitting a senescent signal to the tumor cells, while tumor cells that have lost KAI1 expression can proliferate and potentially give rise to metastases. At least two isoforms of KAI1 are known to exist.
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