- Catalog number
- PA1581
- Size / count
- 100 µg/Vial
- Dry ice
- No
- Hazardous
- No
- Discontinued
- No
- Background
- Laminin gamma1, Laminin subunit gamma-1, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LAMC1 gene. Laminins, a family of extracellular matrix glycoproteins, are the major noncollagenous constituent of basement membranes. They have been implicated in a wide variety of biological processes including cell adhesion, differentiation, migration, signaling, neurite outgrowth and metastasis. Laminins are composed of 3 non identical chains: laminin alpha, beta and gamma (formerly A, B1, and B2, respectively) and they form a cruciform structure consisting of 3 short arms, each formed by a different chain, and a long arm composed of all 3 chains. Each laminin chain is a multidomain protein encoded by a distinct gene. Several isoforms of each chain have been described. Different alpha, beta and gamma chain isomers combine to give rise to different heterotrimeric laminin isoforms which are designated by Arabic numerals in the order of their discovery, i.e. alpha1beta1gamma1 heterotrimer is laminin 1. The biological functions of the different chains and trimer molecules are largely unknown, but some of the chains have been shown to differ with respect to their tissue distribution, presumably reflecting diverse functions in vivo. This gene encodes the gamma chain isoform laminin, gamma 1. The gamma 1 chain, formerly though to be a beta chain, contains structural domains similar to beta chains, however, lacks the short alpha region separating domains I and II. The structural organization of this gene also suggested that it had diverged considerably from the beta chain genes. Embryos of transgenic mice in which both alleles of the gamma 1 chain gene were inactivated by homologous recombination, lacked basement membranes, indicating that laminin, gamma 1 chain is necessary for laminin heterotrimer assembly. It has been inferred by analogy with the strikingly similar 3' UTR sequence in mouse laminin gamma 1 cDNA, that multiple polyadenylation sites are utilized in human to generate the 2 different sized mRNAs (5.5 and 7.5 kb) seen on Northern analysis.
- Synonyms
- Laminin subunit gamma-1; Laminin B2 chain; Laminin-1 subunit gamma; Laminin-10 subunit gamma; Laminin-11 subunit gamma; Laminin-2 subunit gamma; Laminin-3 subunit gamma; Laminin-4 subunit gamma; Laminin-6 subunit gamma; Laminin-7 subunit gamma; Laminin-8 subunit gamma; Laminin-9 subunit gamma; S-laminin subunit gamma; S-LAM gamma; LAMC1; LAMB2
- Gene Name
- LAMC1
- Gene ID
- 3915
- UniProt
- P11047
- Host
- Rabbit
- Reactivity
- Rat, Mouse, Human
- Cross Reactivity
- No cross-reactivity with other proteins
- Immunogen
- A synthetic peptide corresponding to a sequence at the C-terminus of human Laminin gamma 1, different from the related mouse sequence by one amino acid and rat sequence by three amino acids.
- Clonality
- Polyclonal
- Tissue Specificity
- Found in the basement membranes (major component) .
- Applications
- IHC, WB
- Field of Research
- Angiogenesis, Cardiovascular, Cytoskeleton/ECM, Extracellular Matrix, Signal Transduction
- Purification
- Immunogen affinity purified.
- Concentration
- Adding 0.2 ml of distilled water will yield a concentration of 500 μg/ml.
- Form
- Lyophilized
- Reconstitution
- Add 0.2ml of distilled water will yield a concentration of 500ug/ml.
- Function
- Binding to cells via a high affinity receptor, laminin is thought to mediate the attachment, migration and organization of cells into tissues during embryonic development by interacting with other extracellular matrix components.
- References & Citations
- 1. Burgeson, R. E., Chiquet, M., Deutzmann, R., Ekblom, P., Engel, J., Kleinman, H., Martin, G. R., Meneguzzi, G., Paulsson, M., Sanes, J., Timpl, R., Tryggvason, K., Yamada, Y., Yurchenco, P. D.A new nomenclature for the laminins.Matrix Biol. 14: 209-211, 1994. 2. Nikolova, G., Lee, H., Berkovitz, S., Nelson, S., Sinsheimer, J., Vilain, E., Rodriguez, L. V.Sequence variant in the laminin gamma-1 (LAMC1) gene associated with familial pelvic organ prolapse.Hum. Genet. 120: 847-856, 2007. 3. Smyth, N., Vatansever, H. S., Murray, P., Meyer, M., Frie, C., Paulsson, M., Edgar, D.Absence of basement membranes after targeting the LAMC1 gene results in embryonic lethality due to failure of endoderm differentiation.J. Cell Biol. 144: 151-160, 1999.
- Storage Conditions
- Store at -20°C for one year from date of receipt. After reconstitution, at 4°C for one month. It can also be aliquotted and stored frozen at -20°C for six months. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.
- Calculated Molecular Weight
- 177603 MW
- Observed Molecular Weight
- 150-200 kDa
- Specificity
- No cross reactivity with other proteins.
- Gene Name Synonym
- Laminin subunit gamma-1
- Subcellular Location
- Secreted, extracellular space, extracellular matrix, basement membrane.
- Sequence Similarities
- Contains 11 laminin EGF-like domains.
- Protein Name
- Laminin subunit gamma-1
- Isotype
- Rabbit IgG
- Contents
- Each vial contains 5mg BSA, 0.9mg NaCl, 0.2mg Na2HPO4, 0.05mg Thimerosal, 0.05mg NaN3.
