Zebrafish Hspa5 Antibody / Grp78 / Bip

Hspa5 facilitates proper protein folding, prevents aggregation of misfolded proteins, and targets irreversibly misfolded proteins for degradation. It is also a key regulator of ER homeostasis, acting as a sensor for misfolded proteins and an upstream effector in activating UPR pathways, including PERK, ATF6, and IRE1.< In zebrafish, hspa5 is expressed ubiquitously during early embryogenesis and is upregulated in response to physiological and environmental stressors such as hypoxia, oxidative stress, and toxin exposure. Its expression is especially prominent in secretory tissues and rapidly developing organs such as the liver, pancreas, and brain. Zebrafish Hspa5 serves as a useful marker for ER stress and has been widely used in models of developmental defects, neurodegeneration, metabolic disease, and toxicology screening. Due to its evolutionary conservation and functional parallels to mammalian GRP78, zebrafish Hspa5 is a valuable target for studying cellular stress responses and disease mechanisms in vivo.