Specification
| Description | Recombinant protein from the full-length sequence of Homo sapiens melanoregulin (MREG), transcript variant 2 (NM_018000). |
| Organism | Homo sapiens (Human) |
| Expression Host | Human Cells |
| Tag Info | His or DYKDDDDK. Please contact us if you need further information or require specific designed tag. |
| Purity | Greater than 90% by SDS-PAGE gel |
| Uniprot ID | Q8N565 |
| Entry Name | MREG_HUMAN |
| Gene Names | MREG DSU HDCGA21P |
| Alternative Gene Names | DSU |
| Alternative Protein Names | Melanoregulin (Dilute suppressor protein homolog) |
| Application | Antigens, Western, ELISA and other in vitro binding or in vivo functional assays, and protein-protein interaction studies; For research & development use only! |
| Buffer | Purified protein formulated in a sterile solution of PBS buffer, pH7.2, without any preservatives |
| Endotoxin | Endotoxin level is < 0.1 ng/µg of protein (<1EU /µg) |
| Length | 214 |
| Molecular Weight(Da) | 24927 |
| Protein Sequence | (The sequence of expressed protein may have some variation from the sequence shown below. Please contact us for the exact sequence.) MGLRDWLRTVCCCCGCECLEERALPEKEPLVSDNNPYSSFGATLVRDDEKNLWSMPHDVSHTEADDDRTLYNLIVIRNQQAKDSEEWQKLNYDIHTLRQVRREVRNRWKCILEDLGFQKEADSLLSVTKLSTISDSKNTRKAREMLLKLAEETNIFPTSWELSERYLFVVDRLIALDAAEEFFKLARRTYPKKPGVPCLADGQKELHYLPFPSP |
Background
| Function | FUNCTION: Probably functions as cargo-recognition protein that couples cytoplasmic vesicles to the transport machinery. Plays a role in hair pigmentation, a process that involves shedding of melanosome-containing vesicles from melanocytes, followed by phagocytosis of the melanosome-containing vesicles by keratinocytes. Functions on melanosomes as receptor for RILP and the complex formed by RILP and DCTN1, and thereby contributes to retrograde melanosome transport from the cell periphery to the center. Overexpression causes accumulation of late endosomes and/or lysosomes at the microtubule organising center (MTOC) at the center of the cell. Probably binds cholesterol and requires the presence of cholesterol in membranes to function in microtubule-mediated retrograde organelle transport. Binds phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate, phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate, phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate and phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate, but not phosphatidylinositol 3,4-bisphosphate or phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (By similarity). Required for normal phagosome clearing and normal activation of lysosomal enzymes in lysosomes from retinal pigment epithelium cells (PubMed:19240024). Required for normal degradation of the lipofuscin component N-retinylidene-N-retinylethanolamine (A2E) in the eye. May function in membrane fusion and regulate the biogenesis of disk membranes of photoreceptor rod cells (By similarity). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q6NVG5, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19240024}. |
| Pathway | |
| Protein Families | Melanoregulin family |
| Tissue Specificity | Expressed in photoreceptor cells (at protein level). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17260955}. |
QC Data
| Note | Please contact us for QC Data |
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