Anti-Calnexin CANX Antibody

Calcium-binding protein that interacts with newly synthesized glycoproteins in the endoplasmic reticulum. It may act in assisting protein assembly and/or in the retention within the ER of unassembled protein subunits. It seems to play a major role in the quality control apparatus of the ER by the retention of incorrectly folded proteins. Associated with partial T-cell antigen receptor complexes that escape the ER of immature thymocytes, it may function as a signaling complex regulating thymocyte maturation. Additionally it may play a role in receptor- mediated endocytosis at the synapse.

Endoplasmic reticulum membrane ; Single-pass type I membrane protein . Endoplasmic reticulum . Melanosome . Identified by mass spectrometry in melanosome fractions from stage I to stage IV (PubMed:12643545, PubMed:17081065) . The palmitoylated form preferentially localizes to the perinuclear rough ER (PubMed:22314232) . .