| Immunogen | AffinitypurifiedextracellulardomainofhumanK-cadherin | 
| Epitope | extracellulardomain | 
| Clone | 2B6 | 
| Concentration | PleaserefertotheCertificateofAnalysisforthelot-specificconcentration. | 
| Host | Mouse | 
| Specificity | ReactswiththeextracellulardomainofK-cadherin. | 
| Isotype | IgG1 | 
| SpeciesReactivity |  | 
| AntibodyType | MonoclonalAntibody | 
| EntrezGeneNumber |  | 
| EntrezGeneSummary | ThisgeneencodesatypeIIclassicalcadherinfromthecadherinsuperfamily.Theencodedmembraneproteinisacalciumdependentcell-celladhesionglycoproteincomprisedoffiveextracellularcadherinrepeats,atransmembraneregionandahighlyconservedcytoplasmictail.Cadherinsmediatecell-cellbindinginahomophilicmanner,contributingtothesortingofheterogeneouscelltypesandthemaintenanceoforderlystructuressuchasepithelium.Strongtranscriptionalexpressionofthisgenehasbeenobservedinhepatocellularandrenalcarcinomacelllines,suggestingapossibleroleinmetastasisandinvasion. | 
| GeneSymbol |  | 
| UniProtNumber |  | 
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:P55285#Cadherinsarecalciumdependentcelladhesionproteins.Theypreferentiallyinteractwiththemselvesinahomophilicmannerinconnectingcells;cadherinsmaythuscontributetothesortingofheterogeneouscelltypes. SIZE:790aminoacids;88309Da
 SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Cellmembrane;Single-passtypeImembraneprotein.
 TISSUESPECIFICITY:Highlyexpressedinbrain,cerebellum,andkidney.Lung,pancreas,andgastricmucosashowaweakexpression.Alsoexpressedincertainliverandkidneycarcinomas.
 SIMILARITY:SwissProt:P55285##Contains5cadherindomains.
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