Anti-liver Arginase/ARG1 Antibody Picoband®

ARG1 (arginase, live) is a cytosolic enzyme and expressed predominantly in the liver as a component of the urea cycle. The isoform encoded by ARG1, referred to as the liver, or A-I, isoform, contributes 98% of the arginase activity in liver but is also present in red cells. Using a rat liver ARG1 cDNA clone to probe a human liver cDNA library, Haraguchi et al. (1987) isolated and characterized a cDNA corresponding to the ARG1 gene. The ARG1 gene is mapped on 6q23.2 and the arginase gene contains 8 exons. By immunologic studies, 90% of the arginase in red blood cell and liver was precipitated by the antibody, whereas only 50% of the arginase in kidney, brain, and the gastrointestinal tract reacted with it. Inherited deficiency of this enzyme results in argininemia, an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by hyperammonemia. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.

A synthetic peptide corresponding to a sequence at the N-terminus of human liver Arginase, different from the related mouse sequence by four amino acids, and from the related rat sequence by five amino acids.

1. Cardoso, M. L., Martins, E., Vasconcelos, R., Vilarinho, L., Rocha, J. Identification of a novel R21X mutation in the liver-type arginase gene (ARG1) in four Portuguese patients with argininemia. Hum. Mutat. 14: 355-356, 1999. 2. Grody, W. W., Dodson, A., Klein, D., Kern, R. M., Bassand, P., Cederbaum, S. D. Molecular genetic study of human arginase deficiency. (Abstract) Am. J. Hum. Genet. 45 (suppl.) : A191 only, 1989. 3. Haraguchi, Y., Takiguchi, M., Amaya, Y., Kawamoto, S., Matsuda, I., Mori, M. Molecular cloning and nucleotide sequence of cDNA for human liver arginase. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 84: 412-415, 1987.

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.