Anti-KIF1A Antibody Picoband®

Kinesin-like protein KIF1A, also known as axonal transporter of synaptic vesicles or microtubule-based motor KIF1A, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KIF1A gene. The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the kinesin family and functions as an anterograde motor protein that transports membranous organelles along axonal microtubules. Mutations at this locus have been associated with spastic paraplegia-30 and hereditary sensory neuropathy IIC. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been described.

Arrestin is one of the major proteins of the ros (retinal rod outer segments) ; it binds to photoactivated- phosphorylated rhodopsin, thereby apparently preventing the transducin-mediated activation of phosphodiesterase.

1. Chiba, K., Takahashi, H., Chen, M., Obinata, H., Arai, S., Hashimoto, K., Oda, T., McKenney, R. J., Niwa, S. Disease-associated mutations hyperactivate KIF1A motility and anterograde axonal transport of synaptic vesicle precursors. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 116: 18429-18434, 2019. 2. Citterio, A., Arnoldi, A., Panzeri, E., Merlini, L., D'Angelo, M. G., Musumeci, O., Toscano, A., Bondi, A., Martinuzzi, A., Bresolin, N., Bassi, M. T. Variants in KIF1A gene in dominant and sporadic forms of hereditary spastic paraparesis. J. Neurol. 262: 2684-2690, 2015. 3. Erlich, Y., Edvardson, S., Hodges, E., Zenvirt, S., Thekkat, P., Shaag, A., Dor, T., Hannon, G. J., Elpeleg, O. Exome sequencing and disease-network analysis of a single family implicate a mutation in KIF1A in hereditary spastic paraparesis. Genome Res. 21: 658-664, 2011.

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.

Nucleus, nucleoplasm . Cytoplasm . Localized in cytoplasmic mRNP granules containing untranslated mRNAs. These granules are not identical with P bodies or stress granules. .