| Immunogen | HumanM14melanomacellextractdepletedoffibronectinandboundbylensculinarislectin-Sepharose?(Morganetal.,1981). | 
| Clone | 9.2.27 | 
| Concentration | PleaserefertotheCertificateofAnalysisforthelot-specificconcentration. | 
| Host | Mouse | 
| Specificity | Recognizesmaturechondroitinsulfateproteoglycancoreglycoproteinof250kDaaswellasprecursorpolypeptidesof210,220and240kDa(Bumoietal.,1984).Reactswithhumanmelanoma,gliomaandproliferatingbrainendothelialcells. | 
| Isotype | IgG2a | 
| SpeciesReactivity |  | 
| AntibodyType | MonoclonalAntibody | 
| EntrezGeneNumber |  | 
| EntrezGeneSummary | Ahumanmelanoma-associatedchondroitinsulfateproteoglycanplaysaroleinstABIlizingcell-substratuminteractionsduringearlyeventsofmelanomacellspreadingonendothelialbasementmembranes.CSPG4representsanintegralmembranechondroitinsulfateproteoglycanexpressedbyhumanmalignantmelanomacells. | 
| GeneSymbol | - CSPG4
 - MSK16
 - MCSP
 - NG2
 - MCSPG
 - MEL-CSPG
 - HMW-MAA
 
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| UniProtNumber |  | 
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:Q6UVK1#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:SwissProt:Q6UVK1##Contains15CSPG(NG2)repeats.&Contains2lamininG-likedomains.
  MISCELLANEOUS:ValuableMarkerforseveralincompletelydifferentiatedprecursorcells. |