Anti-Calcineurin A/PPP3CA Antibody Picoband®

Calcineurin A is also known as PPP3CA. It is mapped to 4q24. Semsarian et al. (1999) and Musaro et al. (1999) independently showed that IGF1stimulates skeletal muscle hypertrophy and a switch to glycolytic metabolism by activating calcineurin A and inducing the nuclear translocation of transcription factor NFATC1. Semsarian et al. (1999) found that hypertrophy was suppressed by the calcineurin inhibitors cyclosporin A or FK506, but not by inhibitors of the MAP kinase or phosphatidylinositol-3-OH kinase pathways. Musaro et al. (1999) showed that expression of a dominant-negative calcineurin mutant also repressed myocyte differentiation and hypertrophy. Musaro et al. (1999) demonstrated that either IGF1 or activated calcineurin induces expression of transcription factor GATA2, which accumulates in a subset of myocyte nuclei, where it associates with calcineurin and a specific dephosphorylated isoform of NFATC1.

Serine/threonine-protein phosphatase 2B catalytic subunit alpha isoform;3.1.3.16; CAM-PRP catalytic subunit; Calmodulin-dependent calcineurin A subunit alpha isoform; PPP3CA; CALNA, CNA

A synthetic peptide corresponding to a sequence at the C-terminus of human Calcineurin A, different from the related mouse and rat sequences by one amino acid.

ATPases, Calcium Channels, Calcium Signaling, Cancer, Cardiovascular, Cell Type Markers, Channels, Contractility, Metabolism, Plasma Membrane, Signal Transduction, Signaling Pathway, Vasculature

Calcium-dependent, calmodulin-stimulated protein phosphatase. Many of the substrates contain a PxIxIT motif. This subunit may have a role in the calmodulin activation of calcineurin. Dephosphorylates DNM1L, HSPB1 and SSH1. .

1. Musaro, A., McCullagh, K. J. A., Naya, F. J., Olson, E. N., Rosenthal, N. IGF-1 induces skeletal myocyte hypertrophy through calcineurin in association with GATA-2 and NF-ATc1. Nature 400: 581-585, 1999. Semsarian, C., Wu, M.-J., Ju, Y.-K., Marciniec, T., Yeoh, T., Allen, D. G., Harvey, R. P., Graham, R. M. Skeletal muscle hypertrophy is mediated by a Ca (2+) -dependent calcineurin signalling pathway. Nature 400: 576-581, 1999.

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.