Anti-Fox2/RBM9/RBFOX2 Antibody Picoband®

RNA binding motif protein 9 (RBM9), also known as Rbfox2, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the RBM9 gene. It is mapped to 22q12.3. This gene is one of several human genes similar to the C. elegans gene Fox-1. This gene encodes an RNA binding protein that is thought to be a key regulator of alternative exon splicing in the nervous system and other cell types. The protein binds to a conserved UGCAUG element found downstream of many alternatively spliced exons and promotes inclusion of the alternative exon in mature transcripts. The protein also interacts with the estrogen receptor 1 transcription factor and regulates estrogen receptor 1 transcriptional activity. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.

RNA binding protein fox-1 homolog 2; Fox-1 homolog B; Hexaribonucleotide-binding protein 2; RNA-binding motif protein 9; RNA-binding protein 9; Repressor of tamoxifen transcriptional activity; RBFOX2; FOX2; HRNBP2; RBM9; RTA

Expressed in fetal brain. Highly expressed in brain and placenta. Lower levels in heart, liver, thymus, kidney and lung. Located to endothelial cells and neuronal cells of the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) . Also detected in endothelial cells of the heart, lung and kidney. In the brain, specifically expressed in the thalamus, hippocampus and amygdala.

Cardiogenesis, Cardiovascular, Domain Families, Epigenetics and Nuclear Signaling, Hlh/Leucine Zipper, Neurology Process, Neuroscience, Receptors, Transcription, Transcription Factors, Transcription Factors/Regulators

RNA-binding protein that regulates alternative splicing events by binding to 5'-UGCAUGU-3' elements. Prevents binding of U2AF2 to the 3'-splice site. Regulates alternative splicing of tissue-specific exons and of differentially spliced exons during erythropoiesis (By similarity) . RNA-binding protein that seems to act as a coregulatory factor of ER-alpha.

1. Lim, J., Hao, T., Shaw, C., Patel, A. J., Szabo, G., Rual, J.-F., Fisk, C. J., Li, N., Smolyar, A., Hill, D. E., Barabasi, A.-L., Vidal, M., Zoghbi, H. Y. A protein-protein interaction network for human inherited ataxias and disorders of Purkinje cell degeneration. Cell 125: 801-814, 2006. 2. Norris, J. D., Fan, D., Sherk, A., McDonnell, D. P. A negative coregulator for the human ER. Molec. Endocr. 16: 459-468, 2002.

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.