Anti-ALDH1A2 antibodies are used in the immunodetection of the protein aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 family member A2. In humans, the canonical protein has a reported length of 518 amino acid residues and a mass of 56.7 kDa. Its subcellular localization is in the cytoplasm. Up to 4 different isoforms have been reported for this protein. It is notably widely expressed in many tissue types. A member of the Aldehyde dehydrogenase protein family, ALDH1A2 is known to be involved with blood vessel development and cell proliferation. The ALDH1A2 marker can be used to identify Parietal Epithelial Cells.* Synonyms for this target antigen include RALDH(II), RALDH2, RALDH2-T, retinal dehydrogenase 2, RALDH 2, and DIH4. ALDH1A2 gene orthologs have been reported in the mouse, rat, bovine, frog, zebrafish, chimpanzee and chicken species.
*HuBMAP Human Reference Atlas v1.4