Rabbit anti-Human GPC1 Polyclonal Antibody, FITC conjugated

Uniprot Id

P35052

Target Species

Human

Target Name

GPC1

Target Full Name

Glypican-1

Target Function

Cell surface proteoglycan that bears heparan sulfate. Binds, via the heparan sulfate side chains, alpha-4 (V) collagen and participates in Schwann cell myelination. May act as a catalyst in increasing the rate of conversion of prion protein PRPN(C) to PRNP(Sc) via associating (via the heparan sulfate side chains) with both forms of PRPN, targeting them to lipid rafts and facilitating their interaction. Required for proper skeletal muscle differentiation by sequestering FGF2 in lipid rafts preventing its binding to receptors (FGFRs) and inhibiting the FGF-mediated signaling.

Target Involvement

Associates (via the heparan sulfate side chains) with fibrillar APP amyloid-beta peptides in primitive and classic amyloid plaques and may be involved in the deposition of these senile plaques in the Alzheimer disease (AD) brain (PubMed:15084524).

Target Subcellular Location

Cell membrane; Lipid-anchor, GPI-anchor; Extracellular side. Endosome. Note=S-nitrosylated form recycled in endosomes. Localizes to CAV1-containing vesicles close to the cell surface. Cleavage of heparan sulfate side chains takes place mainly in late endosomes. Associates with both forms of PRNP in lipid rafts. Colocalizes with APP in perinuclear compartments and with CP in intracellular compartments. Associates with fibrillar APP amyloid-beta peptides in lipid rafts in Alzheimer disease brains.; [Secreted glypican-1]: Secreted, extracellular space.

Target Protein Families

Glypican family

Target Research Area

Cancer

Target Synonyms

FLJ38078; glypican; Glypican proteoglycan 1; glypican1; GPC 1; Gpc1; GPC1_HUMAN; Secreted glypican-1

Target Background

Cell surface heparan sulfate proteoglycans are composed of a membrane-associated protein core substituted with a variable number of heparan sulfate chains. Members of the glypican-related integral membrane proteoglycan family (GRIPS) contain a core protein anchored to the cytoplasmic membrane via a glycosyl phosphatidylinositol linkage. These proteins may play a role in the control of cell division and growth regulation.