Rabbit anti-Human PMEL Monoclonal Antibody

Uniprot Id

P40967

Target Species

Human

Target Name

PMEL

Target Full Name

Melanocyte protein PMEL

Target Function

Plays a central role in the biogenesis of melanosomes. Involved in the maturation of melanosomes from stage I to II. The transition from stage I melanosomes to stage II melanosomes involves an elongation of the vesicle, and the appearance within of distinct fibrillar structures. Release of the soluble form, ME20-S, could protect tumor cells from antibody mediated immunity.

Target Subcellular Location

Endoplasmic reticulum membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein. Golgi apparatus. Melanosome. Endosome, multivesicular body. Note=Identified by mass spectrometry in melanosome fractions from stage I to stage IV. Localizes predominantly to intralumenal vesicles (ILVs) within multivesicular bodies. Associates with ILVs found within the lumen of premelanosomes and melanosomes and particularly in compartments that serve as precursors to the striated stage II premelanosomes.; [M-alpha]: Secreted.

Target Protein Families

PMEL/NMB family

Target Tissue Specificity

Preferentially expressed in melanomas. Some expression was found in dysplastic nevi. Not found in normal tissues nor in carcinomas. Normally expressed at low levels in quiescent adult melanocytes but overexpressed by proliferating neonatal melanocytes and

Target Research Area

Metabolism

Target Synonyms

95 kDa melanocyte specific secreted glycoprotein; 95 kDa melanocyte-specific secreted glycoprotein; D12S53E; gp100; M-beta; ME20; ME20 M/ME20 S; ME20-M; ME20-S; ME20M; ME20M/ME20S; ME20S; Melanocyte lineage specific antigen GP100 ; Melanocyte protein mel 17 ; Melanocyte protein Pmel 17; Melanocyte protein Pmel 17 precursor ; Melanocytes lineage-specific antigen GP100; Melanoma associated ME20 antigen; Melanoma gp100; Melanoma-associated ME20 antigen; Melanosomal matrix protein 17; Melanosomal matrix protein17; P1; p100; p26; PMEL 17; PMEL; PMEL_HUMAN; PMEL17; Premelanosome protein; Secreted melanoma-associated ME20 antigen; SI; SIL; SILV; Silver (mouse homolog) like; Silver homolog; Silver locus protein homolog; Silver, mouse, homolog of

Target Background

This gene encodes a melanocyte-specific type I transmembrane glycoprotein. The encoded protein is enriched in melanosomes, which are the melanin-producing organelles in melanocytes, and plays an essential role in the structural organization of premelanosomes. This protein is involved in generating internal matrix fibers that define the transition from Stage I to Stage II melanosomes. This protein undergoes a complex pattern of prosttranslational processing and modification that is essential to the proper functioning of the protein. A secreted form of this protein that is released by proteolytic ectodomain shedding may be used as a melanoma-specific serum marker. Alternate splicing results in multiple transcript variants.