Background: Syntaxins, a family of proteins involved in the fusion of synaptic vesicles with the plasma membrane, display broad tissue distribution and contain carboxy-terminal hydrophobic domains that direct themselves to their respective intracellular compartments. Synaptin 6 is a 255 amino acid protein that is widely expressed, with higher expression levels in brain, lung and kidney. This synaptin co-localizes with vesicle associated membrane protein (VAMP) 4 to tubular and vesicular membranes of the Golgi apparatus. The cytosolic domain of Syntaxin 6 reduces the rate on Glut4 reinternalization upon insulin withdrawl and is involved in a memrane-trafficking process that removes Glut4 from traffic directed to the plasma membrane. Syntaxin 6 is upregulated in activated macrophages in conjunction with an increase in the secretion of cytokines. The delivery of microdomain-associated lipids and proteins to the cell surface is regulated by Syntaxin 6.
Description: Rabbit polyclonal to Syntaxin 6
Immunogen: KLH conjugated synthetic peptide derived from Syntaxin 6
Specificity: ·Reacts with Human, Mouse and Rat.
·Isotype: IgG
Application: ·Western blotting: 1/100-500. Predicted Mol wt: 29 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.
