Anti-APLP1 Antibody Picoband® Fluoro488 Conjugated

Amyloid-precursor-like protein 1 (APLP1) is a membrane-associated glycoprotein, whose gene is homologous to the APP gene, which has been shown to be involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. APLP1 is predominantly expressed in brain, particularly in the cerebral cortex postsynaptic absorbance. The human gene has been mapped to chromosomal region 19q13.1. The gene is 11.8 kb long and contains 17 exons. APLP1 has been considered a candidate gene for CNF. All exon regions of the gene were amplified by the polymerase chain reaction and sequenced from DNA of CNF patients. No differences were observed between CNF patients and controls, suggesting that mutations in APLP1 are not involved in the etiology of CNF.

ATP-dependent RNA helicase which is a subunit of the eIF4F complex involved in cap recognition and is required for mRNA binding to ribosome. In the current model of translation initiation, eIF4A unwinds RNA secondary structures in the 5'-UTR of mRNAs which is necessary to allow efficient binding of the small ribosomal subunit, and subsequent scanning for the initiator codon.

1.Lenkkeri, U., Kestila, M., Lamerdin, J., McCready, P., Adamson, A., Olsen, A., Tryggvason, K. Structure of the human amyloid-precursor-like protein gene APLP1 at 19q13.1. Hum. Genet. 102: 192-196, 1998.