Rabbit anti-Human Snail Polyclonal Antibody

Uniprot Id

O95863

Target Species

Human

Target Name

SNAI1

Target Full Name

Zinc finger protein SNAI1

Target Function

Involved in induction of the epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT), formation and maintenance of embryonic mesoderm, growth arrest, survival and cell migration. Binds to 3 E-boxes of the E-cadherin/CDH1 gene promoter and to the promoters of CLDN7 and KRT8 and, in association with histone demethylase KDM1A which it recruits to the promoters, causes a decrease in dimethylated H3K4 levels and represses transcription. The N-terminal SNAG domain competes with histone H3 for the same binding site on the histone demethylase complex formed by KDM1A and RCOR1, and thereby inhibits demethylation of histone H3 at 'Lys-4' (in vitro). During EMT, involved with LOXL2 in negatively regulating pericentromeric heterochromatin transcription. SNAI1 recruits LOXL2 to pericentromeric regions to oxidize histone H3 and repress transcription which leads to release of heterochromatin component CBX5/HP1A, enabling chromatin reorganization and acquisition of mesenchymal traits. Associates with EGR1 and SP1 to mediate tetradecanoyl phorbol acetate (TPA)-induced up-regulation of CDKN2B, possibly by binding to the CDKN2B promoter region 5'-TCACA-3. In addition, may also activate the CDKN2B promoter by itself.

Target Subcellular Location

Nucleus. Cytoplasm.

Target Protein Families

Snail C2H2-type zinc-finger protein family

Target Tissue Specificity

Expressed in a variety of tissues with the highest expression in kidney. Expressed in mesenchymal and epithelial cell lines.

Target Synonyms

dJ710H13.1; Protein sna; Protein snail homolog 1; Protein snail homolog; SLUGH2; SNA; Sna protein; SNAH; SNAI; snai1; SNAI1_HUMAN; Snail 1 homolog; Snail 1 zinc finger protein; SNAIL; Snail family transcriptional repressor 1; Snail homolog 1 (Drosophila); SNAIL, Drosophila, homolog of, 1; SNAIL1; Zinc finger protein SNAI1

Target Background

The Drosophila embryonic protein snail is a zinc finger transcriptional repressor which downregulates the expression of ectodermal genes within the mesoderm. The nuclear protein encoded by this gene is structurally similar to the Drosophila snail protein, and is also thought to be critical for mesoderm formation in the developing embryo. At least two variants of a similar processed pseudogene have been found on chromosome 2.