Immunogen | PurifiedhumanplacentaChAT. |
Clone | 28C4 |
Concentration | PleaserefertotheCertificateofAnalysisforthelot-specificconcentration. |
Host | Mouse |
Specificity | ReactswithCholineAcetyltransferase(ChAT). |
Isotype | IgG |
SpeciesReactivity | |
AntibodyType | MonoclonalAntibody |
EntrezGeneNumber | |
EntrezGeneSummary | Cholinergicsystemsareimplicatedinnumerousneurologicfunctions.AlterationinsomecholinergicneuronsmayaccountforthedisturbancesofAlzheimerdisease.Theproteinencodedbythisgenesynthesizestheneurotransmitteracetylcholine.Alternativesplicevariantshavebeenfoundthatcontainalternative5"untranslatedexons.Threeofthefourdescribedsplicevariantsencodeidentical69kDaproteinswhileonevariantencodesboththe69kDaandalarger82kDaprotein. |
GeneSymbol | - CHAT
- ChAT
- CMS1A2
- CHOACTase
- CMS1A
- EC2.3.1.6
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UniProtNumber | |
UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:P28329#CatalyzesthereversIBLesynthesisofacetylcholine(ACh)fromacetylCoAandcholineatcholinergicsynapses. SIZE:748aminoacids;82568Da DISEASE:SwissProt:P28329#DefectsinCHATarethecauseoffamilialinfantilemyastheniagravis2(FIMG2)[MIM:254210,254200];alsoknownasCMS-EA.FIMG2patientshavemyasthenicsymptomssincebirthorearlyinfancy,negativetestsforanti-AChRantibodies,andabruptepisodiccriseswithincreasedweakness,bulbarparalysis,andapneaprecipitatedbyundueexertion,fever,orexcitement.Inheritanceisautosomalrecessive. SIMILARITY:SwissProt:P28329##Belongstothecarnitine/cholineacetyltransferasefamily. |