Anti-SPAM1 antibody

Anti-SPAM1 antibody

Cat. No.     JLC162907
Package    25 μl/100 μl/200 μl
Storage    -20°C, pH7.4 PBS, 0.05% NaN3, 40% Glycerol

Product overview
Description                   Anti-SPAM1 rabbit polyclonal antibody
Applications        ELISA, IHC 
Immunogen               Synthetic peptide of human SPAM1
Reactivity                 Human
Content                     0.7 mg/ml
Host species               Rabbit
Ig class                  Immunogen-specific rabbit IgG
Purification                 Antigen affinity purification



Target information
Symbol                 SPAM1
Full name                 sperm adhesion molecule 1 (PH-20 hyaluronidase, zona pellucida binding)
Synonyms    HYA1; PH20; HYAL1; HYAL3; HYAL5; PH-20; SPAG15; HEL-S-96n
Swissprot    P38567

Target Background
Hyaluronidase degrades hyaluronic acid, a major structural proteoglycan found in extracellular matrices and basement membranes. Six members of the hyaluronidase family are clustered into two tightly linked groups on chromosome 3p21.3 and 7q31.3. This gene was previously referred to as HYAL1 and HYA1 and has since been assigned the official symbol SPAM1; another family member on chromosome 3p21.3 has been assigned HYAL1. This gene encodes a GPI-anchored enzyme located on the human sperm surface and inner acrosomal membrane. This multifunctional protein is a hyaluronidase that enables sperm to penetrate through the hyaluronic acid-rich cumulus cell layer surrounding the oocyte, a receptor that plays a role in hyaluronic acid induced cell signaling, and a receptor that is involved in sperm-zona pellucida adhesion. Abnormal expression of this gene in tumors has implicated this protein in degradation of basement membranes leading to tumor invasion and metastasis. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.