| Immunogen | T-47Dbreastcarcinomaline. | 
| Clone | 67A4 | 
| Concentration | PleaserefertotheCertificateofAnalysisforthelot-specificconcentration. | 
| Host | Mouse | 
| Specificity | AntibodiesagainstE-cadherinaresuitabletocharacterizeepithelialcells.E-Cadherinisinvolvedinadhesionofepithelialcells(mostlyhomotypicandhomophilic).E-cadherinisalsoexpressedonimmatureerythroidcells.Theantibody67A4issuitabletostudyEcadherinexpressionbyflowcytometry.Inaddition,itblockstheinteractionofE-cadherinmoleculesandthereforeissuitabletostudyE-cadherin-mediatedsignaltransduction. | 
| Isotype | IgG1 | 
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| AntibodyType | MonoclonalAntibody | 
| EntrezGeneNumber |  | 
| EntrezGeneSummary | Thisgeneisaclassicalcadherinfromthecadherinsuperfamily.Theencodedproteinisacalciumdependentcell-celladhesionglycoproteincomprisedoffiveextracellularcadherinrepeats,atransmembraneregionandahighlyconservedcytoplasmictail.Mutationsinthisgenearecorrelatedwithgastric,breast,colorectal,thyroidandovariancancer.Lossoffunctionisthoughttocontributetoprogressionincancerbyincreasingproliferation,invasion,and/ormetastasis.Theectodomainofthisproteinmediatesbacterialadhesiontomammaliancellsandthecytoplasmicdomainisrequiredforinternalization.Identifiedtranscriptvariantsarisefrommutationatconsensussplicesites. | 
| GeneSymbol | CDH1CDHEE-cadherinArc-1UvomorulinUVOCadherin-1CD324uvomorulinECADLCAM
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| UniProtNumber |  | 
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:P12830#E-Cad/CTF2promotesnon-amyloidogenicdegradationofAbetaprecursors.HasastronginhibitoryeffectonAPPC99andC83production. SIZE:882aminoacids;97456Da
 SUBUNIT:Homodimer;disulfide-linked.Interactsdirectly,viathecytoplasmicdomain,withCTNNB1orJUPtoformthePSEN1/cadherin/cateninadhesioncomplexwhichconnectstotheactinskeletonthroughtheactinbindingofalpha-catenin.InteractionwithPSEN1,cleavesCDH1resultinginthedisassociationofcadherin-basedadherensjunctions(CAJs).InteractswithAJAP1,CTNND1andDLG7.
 SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Celljunction.Cellmembrane;Single-passtypeImembraneprotein.Note=ColocalizeswithDLG7atsitesofcell-cellcontactinintestinalepithelialcells.AnchoredtoactinMICROFILamentsthroughassociationwithalpha-,beta-andgamma-catenin.Sequentialproteolysisinducedbyapoptosisorcalciuminflux,resultsintranslocationfromsitesofcell-cellcontacttothecytoplasm.
 TISSUESPECIFICITY:Non-neuralepithelialtissues.
 PTM:Duringapoptosisorwithcalciuminflux,cleavedbyamembrane-boundmetalloproteinase(ADAM10),PS1/gamma-secretaseandcaspase-3toproducefragmentsofabout38kDa(E-CAD/CTF1),33kDa(E-CAD/CTF2)and29kDa(E-CAD/CTF3),respectively.Processingbythemetalloproteinase,inducedbycalciuminflux,causesdisruptionofcell-celladhesionandthesubsequentreleaseofbeta-cateninintothecytoplasm.Theresidualmembrane-tetheredcleavageproductisrapidlydegradedviaanintracellularproteolyticpathway.Cleavagebycaspase-3releasesthecytoplasmictailresultingindisintegrationoftheactinmicrofilamentsystem.Thegamma-secretase-mediatedcleavagepromotesdisaaaemblyofadherensjunctions.
 DISEASE:"SwissProt:P12830#DefectsinCDH1areinvolvedindysfunctionofthecell-celladhesionsystem,triggeringcancerinvasion(gastric,breast,ovary,endometriumandthyroid)andmetastasis.&DefectsinCDH1areacauseofhereditarydiffusegastriccancer(HDGC)[MIM:137215].&DefectsinCDH1areacauseofsusceptibilitytoendometrialcancer[MIM:608089]."
 SIMILARITY:SwissProt:P12830##Contains5cadherindomains.
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