Anti-SRP1/KPNA1 Antibody Picoband®

Importin subunit alpha-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KPNA1 gene. The transport of molecules between the nucleus and the cytoplasm in eukaryotic cells is mediated by the nuclear pore complex (NPC), which consists of 60-100 proteins. Small molecules (up to 70 kD) can pass through the nuclear pore by nonselective diffusion while larger molecules are transported by an active process. The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the importin alpha family, and is involved in nuclear protein import. This protein interacts with the recombination activating gene 1 (RAG1) protein and is a putative substrate of the RAG1 ubiquitin ligase. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants.

A synthetic peptide corresponding to a sequence at the N-terminus of human SRP1/KPNA1, which shares 89.3% and 92.9% amino acid (aa) sequence identity with mouse and rat SRP1/KPNA1, respectively.

Ubiquitously expressed. Present at highest levels in the brain, at high levels in the placenta and testis, at intermediate levels in the intestine, ovary, skeletal muscle and thymus and at lower levels in heart, kidney, liver, lung, pancreas, prostate and spleen. In the kidney, it is widely expressed in tubules, but sparsely expressed in the glomerulus (PubMed:24676636) . Expression is significantly increased in renal biopsy specimens from idiopathic FSGS (PubMed:24676636) . Overexpressed in many tumor types including breast, colorectal, endometrial, hepatic, kidney, lung, ovarian and pancreatic tumors.

Sequence-specific transcription factor which is part of a developmental regulatory system that provides cells with specific positional identities on the anterior-posterior axis. Also binds to its own promoter. Binds specifically to the motif 5'-CYYNATTA[TG]Y-3'.

1. Ayala-Madrigal, M. L., Doerr, S., Ramirez-Duenas, M. L., Hansmann, I. Assignment of karyopherin alpha 1 (KPNA1) to human chromosome band 3q21 by in situ hybridization. Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 90: 58-59, 2000. 2. Conti, E., Uy, M., Leighton, L., Blobel, G., Kuriyan, J. Crystallographic analysis of the recognition of a nuclear localization signal by the nuclear import factor karyopherin alpha. Cell 94: 193-204, 1998. 3. Cortes, P., Ye, Z.-S., Baltimore, D. RAG-1 interacts with the repeated amino acid motif of the human homologue of the yeast protein SRP1. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 91: 7633-7637, 1994.

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.