Anti-PON2 Antibody Picoband®

PON2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PON2 gene. It is mapped to 7q21.3. This gene encodes a member of the paraoxonase gene family, which includes three known members located adjacent to each other on the long arm of chromosome 7. The encoded protein is ubiquitously expressed in human tissues, membrane-bound, and may act as a cellular antioxidant, protecting cells from oxidative stress. Hydrolytic activity against acylhomoserine lactones and important bacterial quorum-sensing mediators suggests the encoded protein may also play a role in defense responses to pathogenic bacteria. Mutations in this gene may be associated with vascular disease and a number of quantitative phenotypes related to diabetes.

A synthetic peptide corresponding to a sequence at the C-terminus of human PON2, different from the related mouse and rat sequences by four amino acids.

Cardiovascular, Drug Metabolism, Lipids/Lipoproteins, Metabolic Signaling Pathways, Metabolism, Neurodegenerative Disease, Neurology Process, Neuroscience, Pathways and Processes, Signal Transduction

Capable of hydrolyzing lactones and a number of aromatic carboxylic acid esters. Has antioxidant activity. Is not associated with high density lipoprotein. Prevents LDL lipid peroxidation, reverses the oxidation of mildly oxidized LDL, and inhibits the ability of MM-LDL to induce monocyte chemotaxis. .

1. Entrez Gene: PON2 paraoxonase 2 2. Mochizuki H, Scherer SW, Xi T, Nickle DC, Majer M, Huizenga JJ, Tsui LC, Prochazka M (Aug 1998) . Human PON2 gene at 7q21.3: cloning, multiple mRNA forms, and missense polymorphisms in the coding sequence. Gene 213 (1–2) : 149–57. 3. Primo-Parmo SL, Sorenson RC, Teiber J, La Du BN (Sep 1996) . The human serum paraoxonase/arylesterase gene (PON1) is one member of a multigene family. Genomics 33 (3) : 498–507.

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.