Background: DMP1 is an extracellular matrix protein and a member of the small integrin binding ligand N-linked glycoprotein family. It is critical for proper mineralization of bone and dentin, and is present in diverse cells of bone and tooth tissues. DMP1 contains a large number of acidic domains, multiple phosphorylation sites, a functional arg-gly-asp cell attachment sequence, and a DNA binding domain. DMP1 may also have a dual function during osteoblast differentiation. In the nucleus of undifferentiated osteoblasts the unphosphorylated form acts as a transcriptional component for activation of osteoblast-specific genes like osteocalcin. During the osteoblast to osteocyte transition phase it is phosphorylated and exported into the extracellular matrix, where it regulates nucleation of hydroxyapatite.
Description: Rabbit polyclonal to DMP1
Immunogen: KLH conjugated synthetic peptide derived from DMP1
Specificity: ·Reacts with Human, Mouse, Cow and Rat.
·Isotype: IgG
Application: ·Western blotting: 1/100-500. Predicted Mol wt: 55 kDa;
·Immunohistochemistry (Paraffin/frozen tissue section): 1/50-200;
·Immunocytochemistry/Immunofluorescence: 1/100;
·Immunoprecipitation: 1/50;
·ELISA: 1/500;
·Optimal working dilutions must be determined by the end user.
