| Immunogen | ImmunoaffinitypurifiedNG2ChondroitinSulfateProteoglycanfromrat | 
| Host | Rabbit | 
| Specificity | ThisantibodyidentifiestheintactproteoglycanandcoreproteinbyWBandELISA.Whenoligodendrocyteprecursorcells(i.e.O-2Aprogenitorcells)arestainedalive,thestainappearsasclustersonthecellsurface.Thisantibodydoesnotstaindifferentiatedoligodendrocyteswell. | 
| SpeciesReactivity |  | 
| SpeciesReactivityNote | DemonstratedtoreactwithRat.PredictedtoreactwithMouse,Human,andMonkeybasedon100%sequencehomology. | 
| AntibodyType | PolyclonalAntibody | 
| EntrezGeneNumber |  | 
| EntrezGeneSummary | Ahumanmelanoma-associatedchondroitinsulfateproteoglycanplaysaroleinstABIlizingcell-substratuminteractionsduringearlyeventsofmelanomacellspreADIngonendothelialbasementmembranes.CSPG4representsanintegralmembranechondroitinsulfateproteoglycanexpressedbyhumanmalignantmelanomacells. | 
| GeneSymbol |  | 
| PurificationMethod | ProteinAPurfied | 
| UniProtNumber |  | 
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:Proteoglycanplayingaroleincellproliferationandmigrationwhichstimulatesendothelialcellsmotilityduringmicrovascularmorphogenesis.Mayalsoinhibitneuriteoutgrowthandgrowthconecollapseduringaxonregeneration.Cellsurfacereceptorforcollagenalpha2(VI)whichmayconfercellsabilitytomigrateonthatsubstrate.BindsthroughitsextracellularN-terminusgrowthfactors,extracellularmatrixproteasesmodulatingtheiractivity.MayregulateMPP16-dependentdegradationandinvasionoftypeIcollagenparticipatinginmelanomacellsinvasionproperties.Maymodulatetheplasminogensystembyenhancingplasminogenactivationandinhibitingangiostatin.FunctionsalsoasasignaltransducingproteinbybindingthroughitscytoplasmicC-terminusscaffoldingandsignalingproteins.MaypromoteretractionfiberformationandcellpolarizationthroughRhoGTPaseactivation.Maystimulatealpha-4,beta-1integrin-mediatedadhesionandspreadingbyrecruitingandactivatingasignalingcascadethroughCDC42,ACK1andBCAR1.MayactivateFAKandERK1/ERK2signalingcascades. 
 SIZE:2322aminoacids;250497Da
 
 SUBUNIT:InteractswiththefirstPDZdomainofMPDZ.InteractswithPRKCA.BindsTNC,laminin-1,COL5A1andCOL6A2.InteractswithPLGandangiostatin.BindsFGF2andPDGFA.InteractswithGRIP1,GRIP2andGRIA2.FormsaternarycomplexwithGRIP1andGRIA2(Bysimilarity).InteractswithLGALS3andtheintegrincomposedofITGB1andITGA3.InteractswithITGA4throughitschondroitinsulfateglycosaminoglycan.InteractswithBCAR1,CDC42andACK1.InteractswithMMP16.
 
 SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Apicalcellmembrane;Single-passtypeImembraneprotein(Bysimilarity).Cellprojection,lamellipodium(Bysimilarity).Note=LocalizedattheapicalplasmamembraneitrelocalizestothelamellipodiaofastrocytomauponphosphorylationbyPRKCA.Localizestotheretractionfibers.Localizestotheplasmamembraneofoligodendrocytes(Bysimilarity).
 
 TISSUESPECIFICITY:Detectedonlyinmalignantmelanomacells.
 
 PTM:N-glycosylated(Bysimilarity).&O-glycosylated;containsglycosaminoglycanchondroitinsulfatewhicharerequiredforproperlocalizationandfunctioninstressfiberformation(Bysimilarity).InvolvedininteractionwithMMP16andITGA4.&PhosphorylationbyPRKCAregulatesitssubcellularlocationandfunctionincellmotility(Bysimilarity).
 
 SIMILARITY:Contains15CSPG(NG2)repeats.&Contains2lamininG-likedomains.
 
 MISCELLANEOUS:ValuableMarkerforseveralincompletelydifferentiatedprecursorcells
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| MolecularWeight | Theunconjugatedparentantibody(Cat.No.AB5320)hasanobservedmolecularweightat~270-300kDa. |