Human CD146/MCAM (Fc Tag) recombinant protein

Human CD146/MCAM (Fc Tag) recombinant protein

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The CD146 antigen, also known as melanoma cell adhesion molecule (MCAM) and MUC18, is an integral membrane glycoprotein belonging to the immunoglobulin superfamily. CD146 contains the characteristic immunoglobulin-like domains (V-V-C2-C2-C2), a transmembrane region and a short cytoplasmic tail. The CD146 expression is detected in endothelial cells in vascular tissue throughout the body, and plays a role in cell adhesion, as well as in cohesion of the endothelial monolayer at intercellular junctions in vascular tissue. As a Ca2+-independent cell adhesion molecule involved in heterophilic cell to cell interactions and a surface receptor, CD146 triggers tyrosine phosphorylation of FYN and PTK2 and subsequently induced signal transduction, proteolysis, or immune recognition. This protein is also expressed predominantly on metastatic lesions and advanced primary tumours, and thus has been suggested to play an important role in tumour progression and the development of metastasis in certain human carcinomas.

Melanoma cell adhesion molecule, isoform CRA_a

GICERIN; MUC18; CD146; AV025631; S-GICERIN; 1-GICERIN; CD149; S-ENDO; MCAM

P43121

MCAM; hCG_15250

Human Cells

A DNA sequence encoding the extracellular domain (Met 1-Gly 559) of human CD146 precursor (NP_006491.2) was expressed with the C-terminal fused Fc region of human IgG1.

Human

The recombinant CD146/Fc chimera comprises 774 amino acids and predicts a molecular mass of 86.4 kDa. As a result of glycosylation, the recombinant protein migrates as an approximately 120-130 kDa band in SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions.

> 95 % as determined by SDS-PAGE