The Rabbit Anti-Presenilin 2 Antibody from MyBioSource.com is a Rabbit Polyclonal antibody to Presenilin 2, and PSEN2. This antibody recognizes Human, Mouse, and Rat antigen. The Rabbit Anti-Presenilin 2 Antibody has been shown to work in the following applications: EIA, Immunoassay, ELISA, Immunofluorescence, Immunohistochemistry, Immunohistochemistry - fixed, and Western Blot.
Description
presenilin 2 (PSEN2), Homo sapiens. Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients with an inherited form of the disease carry mutations in the presenilin proteins (PSEN1 or PSEN2) or the amyloid precursor protein (APP). These disease-linked mutations result in increased production of the longer form of amyloid-beta (main component of amyloid deposits found in AD brains). Presenilins are postulated to regulate APP processing through their effects on gamma-secretase, an enzyme that cleaves APP. Also, it is thought that the presenilins are involved in the cleavage of the Notch receptor such that, they either directly regulate gamma-secretase activity, or themselves act are protease enzymes. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms of PSEN2 have been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]