Product overview
Description Anti-ACTN1 rabbit polyclonal antibody
Applications ELISA, WB
Immunogen Fusion protein of human ACTN1
Reactivity Human, Mouse, Rat
Content 0.2 mg/ml
Host species Rabbit
Ig class Immunogen-specific rabbit IgG
Purification Antigen affinity purification
Target information
Symbol ACTN1
Full name actinin, alpha 1
Synonyms BDPLT15
Swissprot P12814
Target Background
Alpha actinins belong to the spectrin gene superfamily which represents a diverse group of cytoskeletal proteins, including the alpha and beta spectrins and dystrophins. Alpha actinin is an actin-binding protein with multiple roles in different cell types. In nonmuscle cells, the cytoskeletal isoform is found along microfilament bundles and adherens-type junctions, where it is involved in binding actin to the membrane. In contrast, skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle isoforms are localized to the Z-disc and analogous dense bodies, where they help anchor the myofibrillar actin filaments. This gene encodes a nonmuscle, cytoskeletal, alpha actinin isoform and maps to the same site as the structurally similar erythroid beta spectrin gene. Three transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.