Spectrin, Human, Control Peptide (alpha Fodrin)

Catalog No : USB-S5381-03H
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Product name Spectrin, Human, Control Peptide (alpha Fodrin)
Catalog No USB-S5381-03H
Supplier’s Catalog No S5381-03H
Supplier US Biologicals
Source antigen Human, synthetic peptide
Reactivity
Cross reactivity
Applications
Molecular weight
Storage -20°C
Other names
Grade Highly Purified
Purity Highly purified
Form Supplied as a liquid in PBS, pH 7.2
Reactivity life 12 months
Note For reserch purpose only
Purity Highly purified
Description Control peptide for antibodies to aspectrin. See S5381-03 and S5381-03D. Synthetic peptide consisting of 10aa (MDPSGVKVLE) from the N-terminus of alpha-fodrin. Sequence is conserved in rat fodrin-a. Glutamate is the main excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain. To date five glutamate Transporters have been cloned: GLAST (EAAT1), GLT1 (EAAT2), EAAC1 (EAAT3), EAAT4, and EAAT5. These transporters are believed to be critical in reducing potentially toxic extracellular concentration of glutamate by rapid uptake into nerve terminals and glial cells. Synaptic vesicles in the nerve terminals play a critical role in neurotransmission. Synaptic vesicles in the nerve terminals play a critical role in neurotransmission. Glutamergic neurotransmission occurs through an exocytotic process involving the interaction of glutamate containing synaptic vesicles with the plasma membranes of the presynaptic ending. An electro-chemical proton gradient generated by a V-type H+-ATPase (vacuolar-type proton-translocating ATPase) in the synaptic vesicles membrane provides the driving force for glutamate uptake. Recently a protein, termed inhibitory protein factor (IPF), has been isolated from brain cytosol that inhibits glutamate and GABA uptake into synaptic vesicles (IC50 ~25 nM). IPF does not inhibit ATP-independent uptake, norepinephrine uptake into chromaffin vesicles, and Na-dependent glutamate uptake into synaptosomes. IPF refers to a three distinct proteins with ~mol wt of 138kDa (IPF-alpha), 135kD (IPF-beta), and 132kD (IPF-gamma). IPF-a is derived from a ubiquitous, non-erythroid brain spectrin called alpha-Fodrin, a well-characterized protein previously implicated in such diverse activities as exocytosis/endocytosis, apoptosis, and NMDA-receptor activation. However, a-Fodrin itself has no effect on glutamate uptake. The N-terminal 1-20 aa of IPF-a, IPF-b, and IPF-g are identical with 26-45 aa of a-Fodrin (mol wt ~240kD). Therefore, it appears that some identified protease(s) may generate IPF-a from a-Fodrin.