UCMA Rabbit Polyclonal Antibody

SKU TA306793

Rabbit Polyclonal UCMA Antibody

Product Data

• Application: WB
• Recommended Dilution: WB: 2.5 - 5 ug/mL
• Reactivity: Human, Mouse
• Antibody Host: Rabbit
• Isotype: IgG
• Clonality: Polyclonal
• Immunogen: UCMA antibody was raised against a 16 amino acid peptide near the carboxy terminus of human UCMA.
• Buffer: PBS containing 0.02% sodium azide.
• Concentration: 1ug/ul
• Purification: Affinity chromatography purified via peptide column
• Conjugation: Unconjugated
• Storage: Store at -20°C as received.
• Stability: Stable for 12 months from date of receipt.
• Shipping: Blue Ice
• Gene Name: upper zone of growth plate and cartilage matrix associated
• Database Link:
  NP_660357
  Q8WVF2
• Background: UCMA is a secreted cartilage-specific protein that was discovered in a screen for differentially expressed genes in retinoic acid-treated mouse chondrocytes. It was also identified in a human chondrocyte EST screen for candidate genes of skeletal dysplasias. UCMA expression is thought to parallel that of collagen II with its expression decreasing with maturation chrondrocytes mature. UCMA is processed by a furin-like protease into two fragments, an amino-terminal fragment and a carboxy-terminal fragment (UCMA-C). Application of recombinant UCMA-C to primary osteoblasts, mesenchymal stem cells, and MC3T3-E1 pre-osteoblasts interferes with their osteogenic differentiation, but does not affect expression of chondrocyte-specific genes or chondrocyte proliferation, suggesting that UCMA may be involved in the negative control of osteogenic differentiation of osteochondrogenic precursor cells. At least two isoforms of UCMA are known to exist.
• Synonyms: C10orf49; GRP; UCMA

Reference Data

• Protein Families: Secreted Protein