Description
Product Characteristics: BP-1, also known as Ly-51/6C3 antigen, is a type II homodimeric transmembrane glycoprotein formed by two disulfide-linked chains of 140 kDa. Originally identified on the surface of pre-B cell lymphomas the cDNA encoding BP-1/Ly-51/6C3 has been cloned and found to represent aminopeptidase A. It is expressed at high levels on bone marrow stromal cell lines which support in vitro B lymphopoiesis and on a wide variety of mouse tissues known to possess aminopeptidase activity. Subsets of normal bone marrow pre-B and B cells express low levels of BP-1/Ly-51/6C3, which is rapidly upregulated on pre-B cells in the presence of IL-7. The BP-1/6C3 marker is commonly used to identify B cells in different stages of development.
Target Information: This gene encodes one member of a family of translation repressor proteins. The protein directly interacts with eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E), which is a limiting component of the multisubunit complex that recruits 40S ribosomal subunits to the 5' end of mRNAs. Interaction of this protein with eIF4E inhibits complex assembly and represses translation. This protein is phosphorylated in response to various signals including UV irradiation and insulin signaling, resulting in its dissociation from eIF4E and activation of mRNA translation. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]