Description
Product Characteristics: For the quantitative determination of human nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein 2 (NOD2) concentrations in serum, plasma, ascitic fluid, tissue homogenates, cell lysates.
Target Information: This gene is a member of the Nod1/Apaf-1 family and encodes a protein with two caspase recruitment (CARD) domains and six leucine-rich repeats (LRRs). The protein is primarily expressed in the peripheral blood leukocytes. It plays a role in the immune response to intracellular bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS) by recognizing the muramyl dipeptide (MDP) derived from them and activating the NFKB protein. Mutations in this gene have been associated with Crohn disease and Blau syndrome. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]