Anti-ERV31/ERV3-1 Antibody Picoband®

HERV-R_7q21.2 provirus ancestral Env polyprotein, also known as ERV3-1, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ERV3 gene. By radiation hybrid analysis, the ERV3 gene is mapped to chromosome 7q11.2. The human genome includes many retroelements including the human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) . ERV3, one of the most studied HERVs, is thought to have integrated 30 to 40 million years ago and is present in higher primates with the exception of gorillas. Taken together, the observation of genome conservation, the detection of transcript expression, and the presence of conserved ORFs is circumstantial evidence for a functional role. A functional role is also suggested by the observation that downregulation of ERV3 is reported in choriocarcinoma.

Endogenous retrovirus group 3 member 1 Env polyprotein; ERV-3 envelope protein; ERV3 envelope protein; ERV3-1 envelope protein; Envelope polyprotein; HERV-R envelope protein; ERV-R envelope protein; HERV-R_7q21.2 provirus ancestral Env polyprotein; Surface protein; SU; Transmembrane protein; TM; ERV3-1; ERV3

Expressed at higher level in adrenal, sebaceous glands and placenta. Expressed at lower level in bone marrow, brain, breast, colon, heart, kidney, liver, lung, ovary, PBL, prostate, skin, spleen, testis, thymus, thyroid, trachea. .

Retroviral envelope proteins mediate receptor recognition and membrane fusion during early infection. Endogenous envelope proteins may have kept, lost or modified their original function during evolution. This endogenous envelope protein has lost its fusogenic properties. It can inhibit cell growth through decrease expression of cyclin B1 and increased expression of p21 in vitro. .

1. Kato, N., Shimotohno, K., Van Leeuwen, D., Cohen, M. Human proviral mRNAs down regulated in choriocarcinoma encode a zinc finger protein related to Kruppel. Molec. Cell. Biol. 10: 4401-4405, 1990. 2. Kim, H.-S., Crow, T. J., Hyun, B.-H. Assignment of the endogenous retrovirus HERV-R (ERV3) to human chromosome 7q11.2 by radiation hybrid mapping. Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 89: 10 only, 2000. 3. O'Connell C, O'Brien S, Nash WG, Cohen M (Dec 1984) . ERV3, a full-length human endogenous provirus: chromosomal localization and evolutionary relationships. Virology 138 (2) : 225–35.

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.