Specification
| Organism | Homo sapiens (Human) |
| Expression Host | Yeast |
| Tag Info | N-terminal 6xHis-tagged |
| Purity | Greater than 85% by SDS-PAGE |
| Uniprot ID | Q9UKV8 |
| Gene Names | AGO2 |
| Alternative Names | Argonaute RISC catalytic component 2 |
| Expression Region | Partial(517-818aa ) |
| Molecular Weight | 36.1 kDa |
| Protein Sequence | LVVVILPGKTPVYAEVKRVGDTVLGMATQCVQMKNVQRTTPQTLSNLCLKINVKLGGVNNILLPQGRPPVFQQPVIFLGADVTHPPAGDGKKPSIAAVVGSMDAHPNRYCATVRVQQHRQEIIQDLAAMVRELLIQFYKSTRFKPTRIIFYRDGVSEGQFQQVLHHELLAIREACIKLEKDYQPGITFIVVQKRHHTRLFCTDKNERVGKSGNIPAGTTVDTKITHPTEFDFYLCSHAGIQGTSRPSHYHVLWDDNRFSSDELQILTYQLCHTYVRCTRSVSIPAPAYYAHLVAFRARYHLV |
| Form | Liquid or Lyophilization |
| Buffer | The default storage buffer is Tris/PBS-based buffer, 5%-50% glycerol if the delivery form is liquid. The lyophilization buffer is Tris/PBS-based buffer, 6% Trehalose, pH 8.0 if the delivery form is lyophilized powder. Please contact us if you have any special requirment. |
| Reconstitution | Please reconstitute protein in deionized sterile water and we recommend that briefly centrifuge thevial prior to opening the vial .We recommend aliquot for long-term storage at -20℃/-80℃. |
Background
| Relevance | Required for RNA-mediated gene silencing (RNAi) by the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC). The 'minimal RISC' appears to include AGO2 bound to a short guide RNA such as a microRNA (miRNA) or short interfering RNA (siRNA). These guide RNAs direct RISC to complentary mRNAs that are targets for RISC-mediated gene silencing. The precise mechanism of gene silencing depends on the degree of complentarity between the miRNA or siRNA and its target. Binding of RISC to a perfectly complentary mRNA generally results in silencing due to endonucleolytic cleavage of the mRNA specifically by AGO2. Binding of RISC to a partially complentary mRNA results in silencing through inhibition of translation, and this is independent of endonuclease activity. May inhibit translation initiation by binding to the 7-methylguanosine cap, thereby preventing the recruitment of the translation initiation factor eIF4-E. May also inhibit translation initiation via interaction with EIF6, which itself binds to the 60S ribosomal subunit and prevents its association with the 40S ribosomal subunit. The inhibition of translational initiation leads to the accumulation of the affected mRNA in Cytoplasmic domain processing bodies (P-bodies), where mRNA degradation may subsequently occur. In some cases RISC-mediated translational repression is also observed for miRNAs that perfectly match the 3' untranslated region (3'-UTR). Can also up-regulate the translation of specific mRNAs under certain growth conditions. Binds to the AU elent of the 3'-UTR of the TNF (TNF-alpha) mRNA and up-regulates translation under conditions of serum starvation. Also required for transcriptional gene silencing (TGS), in which short RNAs known as antigene RNAs or agRNAs direct the transcriptional repression of complentary promoter regions |
| Involvement in Disease | |
| Subcellular Location | Cytoplasm, P-body, Nucleus |
| Protein Families | Argonaute family, Ago subfamily |
| Tissue Specificity | AGO2 |
QC Data
| Note | Please contact us for QC Data |
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