Description
Product Characteristics:
Tau proteins are important Promotes microtubule assembly and stability, and might be involved in the establishment and maintenance of neuronal polarity. The C-terminus binds axonal microtubules while the N-terminus binds neural plasma membrane components, suggesting that tau functions as a linker protein between both. Axonal polarity is predetermined by tau localization (in the neuronal cell) in the domain of the cell body defined by the centrosome. The short isoforms allow plasticity of the cytoskeleton whereas the longer isoforms may preferentially play a role in its stabilization. Tau proteins subcellular located in the axons of neurons, in the cytoso l and in association with plasma membrane components. It expressed in neurons. PNS-tau is expressed in the peripheral nervous system while the others are expressed in the central nervous system.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm, Cell membrane
Synonyms: MAPTphospho S416, MAPT, Microtuble-associted protein Tau, AI413597, AW045860, DDPAC, Disinhibition dementia parkinsonism amyotrophy complex, FLJ31424, FTDP 17, FTDP17, G Protein beta 1 gamma 2 subunit interacting factor 1, G protein beta1/gamma2 subunit interacting factor 1, MAPTL, MGC134287, MGC138549, MGC156663, Microtubule associated protein tau isoform 4, MSTD, Mtapt, MTBT1, MTBT2, Neurofibrillary tangle protein, Paired helical filament tau, PHF tau, PHF-tau, PPND, pTau, RNPTAU, Tauopathy and respiratory failure, included, TAU_HUMAN.
Target Information: This gene encodes the microtubule-associated protein tau (MAPT) whose transcript undergoes complex, regulated alternative splicing, giving rise to several mRNA species. MAPT transcripts are differentially expressed in the nervous system, depending on stage of neuronal maturation and neuron type. MAPT gene mutations have been associated with several neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, Pick's disease, frontotemporal dementia, cortico-basal degeneration and progressive supranuclear palsy. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]