Background: Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) catalyzes the reversible oxidative phosphorylation of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate, an important energy-yielding step in carbohydrate metabolism. Additional functions of GAPDH include acting as a uricil DNA glycosylase, activating transcription, binding RNA and involvement in nuclear RNA export, DNA replication and DNA repair. Fuethermore, expression of GAPDH is upregulated in liver, lung and prostate cancers. Moreover, GAPDH complexes with neuronal proteins implicated in human neuro-degenerative disorders including the β-Amyloid precursor, Huntingtin and other triplet repeat neuronal disorder proteins.
Immunogen: A synthetic peptide near the C-terminus of GAPDH of human origin