Anti-Prosurfactant Protein C/SFTPC Antibody Picoband®

SFTPC (Surfactant pulmonary -associated protein C), also known as SFTP2, SPC, PSP-C or PULMONARY SURFACTANT PROTEIN SP5, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SFTPC gene. It is a membrane protein which manufactures surfactant. Glasser et al. (1988) assigned the SFTPC gene, symbolized SFTP2 by the Human Gene Mapping nomenclature committee, to chromosome 8 by hybridization to somatic cell hybrid DNA. Wood et al. (1994) identified 4 cosmids at the SFTP2 locus by cDNA hybridization. Using a polymorphic CA repeat in the SFTP2 gene and linkage analysis in 8 CEPH families, they located the gene close to D8S298; maximum lod = 19.3 at theta = 0.01. They regionalized the gene to 8p21 by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Moore et al. (1992) showed that the corresponding mouse gene, Sftp2, maps to chromosome 14.

Bifunctional epoxide hydrolase 2; Cytosolic epoxide hydrolase 2; CEH;3.3.2.10; Epoxide hydratase; Soluble epoxide hydrolase; SEH; Lipid-phosphate phosphatase;3.1.3.76; EPHX2

Cancer Metabolism, Cardiovascular, Cell Biology, Cholesterol Metabolism, Drug Metabolism, Fatty Acid Oxidation, Fatty Acids, Lipid and Lipoprotein Metabolism, Lipid Metabolism, Lipids/Lipoproteins, Metabolic Signaling Pathways, Metabolism, Pathways and Processes, Redox Metabolism, Signal Transduction, Vasculature

Bifunctional enzyme. The C-terminal domain has epoxide hydrolase activity and acts on epoxides (alkene oxides, oxiranes) and arene oxides. Plays a role in xenobiotic metabolism by degrading potentially toxic epoxides. Also determines steady-state levels of physiological mediators. The N-terminal domain has lipid phosphatase activity, with the highest activity towards threo- 9,10-phosphonooxy-hydroxy-octadecanoic acid, followed by erythro- 9,10-phosphonooxy-hydroxy-octadecanoic acid, 12-phosphonooxy- octadec-9Z-enoic acid, 12-phosphonooxy-octadec-9E-enoic acid, and p-nitrophenyl phospate. .

1. Glasser, S. W., Korfhagen, T. R., Weaver, T. E., Clark, J. C., Pilot-Matias, T., Meuth, J., Fox, J. L., Whitsett, J. A. cDNA, deduced polypeptide structure and chromosomal assignment of human pulmonary surfactant proteolipid, SPL (pVal) . J. Biol. Chem. 263: 9-12, 1988. 2. Moore, K. J., D'Amore-Bruno, M. A., Korfhagen, T. R., Glasser, S. W., Whitsett, J. A., Jenkins, N. A., Copeland, N. G. Chromosomal localization of three pulmonary surfactant protein genes in the mouse. Genomics 12: 388-393, 1992. 3. Wood, S., Yaremko, M. L., Schertzer, M., Kelemen, P. R., Minna, J., Westbrook, C. A. Mapping of the pulmonary surfactant SP5 (SFTP2) locus to 8p21 and characterization of a microsatellite repeat marker that shows frequent loss of heterozygosity in human carcinomas. Genomics 24: 597-600, 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.