| Immunogen | HighlypurifiedChATobtainedfromporcinebrain(Ostermann-Fatifetal.,1990). |
| Clone | 1.B3.9B3 |
| Concentration | PleaserefertotheCertificateofAnalysisforthelot-specificconcentration. |
| Host | Mouse |
| Specificity | Reactswithcholineacetyltransferase(ChAT)-positivecellsfromhumans,ratsandpigs(Ostermann-Fatifetal.,1992a,b). |
| Isotype | IgG1 |
| SpeciesReactivity | |
| AntibodyType | MonoclonalAntibody |
| EntrezGeneNumber | |
| EntrezGeneSummary | Cholinergicsystemsareimplicatedinnumerousneurologicfunctions.AlterationinsomecholinergicneuronsmayaccountforthedisturbancesofAlzheimerdisease.Theproteinencodedbythisgenesynthesizestheneurotransmitteracetylcholine.Alternativesplicevariantshavebeenfoundthatcontainalternative5"untranslatedexons.Threeofthefourdescribedsplicevariantsencodeidentical69kDaproteinswhileonevariantencodesboththe69kDaandalarger82kDaprotein. |
| GeneSymbol | - CHAT
- ChAT
- CMS1A2
- CHOACTase
- CMS1A
- EC2.3.1.6
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| PurificationMethod | ProteinAPurfied |
| UniProtNumber | |
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:P28329#CatalyzesthereversIBLesynthesisofacetylcholine(ACh)fromacetylCoAandcholineatcholinergicsynapses. SIZE:748aminoacids;82568Da DISEASE:SwissProt:P28329#DefectsinCHATarethecauseoffamilialinfantilemyastheniagravis2(FIMG2)[MIM:254210,254200];alsoknownasCMS-EA.FIMG2patientshavemyasthenicsymptomssincebirthorearlyinfancy,negativetestsforanti-AChRantibodies,andabruptepisodiccriseswithincreasedweakness,bulbarparalysis,andapneaprecipitatedbyundueexertion,fever,orexcitement.Inheritanceisautosomalrecessive. SIMILARITY:SwissProt:P28329##Belongstothecarnitine/cholineacetyltransferasefamily. |
| MolecularWeight | 69kDa |