Anti-Aim2 Antibody Picoband®

Interferon-inducible protein AIM2, also known asabsent in melanoma 2or simplyAIM2, is aproteinthat in humans is encoded by theAIM2gene. It is mapped to 1q22. AIM2 is a member of theIfi202/IFI16family. It plays a putative role in tumorigenic reversion and may control cell proliferation.Interferon-gammainduces expression of AIM2. Though there has been virtually no biochemistry performed, a model based on cell-based or in vivo experiments has led to the current model of how AIM2 triggers the inflammasome. The C-terminal HIN domain binds double stranded DNA (either viral, bacterial, or even host) and acts as a cytosolic dsDNA sensor. This leads to the oligomerization of the inflammasome complex. The N-terminal pyrin domain of AIM2 interacts with the pyrin domain of another proteinASC (or Apoptosis-associated Speck-like protein containing a caspase activation and recruitment domain) . ASC also contains aCARD domain (caspase activation and recruitment domain), that recruits procaspase-1 to the complex. This leads to the autoactivation ofcaspase-1, an enzyme that processes proinflammatorycytokines (IL-1bandIL-18) .

Coagulation factor V; Activated protein C cofactor; Proaccelerin, labile factor; Coagulation factor V heavy chain; Coagulation factor V light chain; F5

Angiogenesis, Apoptosis, Associated Proteins, Atherosclerosis, Cancer, Cardiovascular, Cell Biology, Cell Death, Diabetes-associated, Growth Factors/Hormones, Metabolism, Obesity, Protein Phosphorylation, Receptors, Signal Transduction, Tyrosine Phosphatases

Central regulator of hemostasis. It serves as a critical cofactor for the prothrombinase activity of factor Xa that results in the activation of prothrombin to thrombin.

1. DeYoung KL, Ray ME, Su YA, Anzick SL, Johnstone RW, Trapani JA, Meltzer PS, Trent JM (Aug 1997) . Cloning a novel member of the human interferon-inducible gene family associated with control of tumorigenicity in a model of human melanoma. Oncogene 15 (4) : 453–7. 2. Entrez Gene: AIM2 absent in melanoma 2. 3. Woerner SM, Kloor M, Schwitalle Y, Youmans H, von Knebel Doeberitz M, Gebert J, Dihlmann S (2007) . The putative tumor suppressor AIM2 is frequently affected by different genetic alterations in microsatellite unstable colon cancers. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 46 (12) : 1080–9.

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 freezing and thawing.