Rabbit anti-Human PRX Polyclonal Antibody

Uniprot Id

Q9BXM0

Target Species

Human

Target Name

PRX

Target Full Name

Periaxin

Target Function

Scaffolding protein that functions as part of a dystroglycan complex in Schwann cells, and as part of EZR and AHNAK-containing complexes in eye lens fiber cells. Required for the maintenance of the peripheral myelin sheath that is essential for normal transmission of nerve impulses and normal perception of sensory stimuli. Required for normal transport of MBP mRNA from the perinuclear to the paranodal regions. Required for normal remyelination after nerve injury. Required for normal elongation of Schwann cells and normal length of the internodes between the nodes of Ranvier. The demyelinated nodes of Ranvier permit saltatory transmission of nerve impulses; shorter internodes cause slower transmission of nerve impulses. Required for the formation of appositions between the abaxonal surface of the myelin sheath and the Schwann cell plasma membrane; the Schwann cell cytoplasm is restricted to regions between these appositions. Required for the formation of Cajal bands and of Schmidt-Lanterman incisures that correspond to short, cytoplasm-filled regions on myelinated nerves. Recruits DRP2 to the Schwann cell plasma membrane. Required for normal protein composition of the eye lens fiber cell plasma membrane and normal eye lens fiber cell morphology.

Target Involvement

Dejerine-Sottas syndrome (DSS); Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease 4F (CMT4F)

Target Subcellular Location

[Isoform 1]: Cell membrane; Peripheral membrane protein; Cytoplasmic side. Nucleus. Cytoplasm.; [Isoform 2]: Cytoplasm.; Cell membrane. Cell junction.

Target Protein Families

Periaxin family

Target Tissue Specificity

Detected in spinal cord. Isoform 1 and isoform 2 are found in sciatic nerve and Schwann cells.

Target Synonyms

CMT4F; KIAA1620; Periaxin; PRAX_HUMAN; Prx

Target Background

This gene encodes a protein involved in peripheral nerve myelin upkeep. The encoded protein contains 2 PDZ domains which were named after PSD95 (post synaptic density protein), DlgA (Drosophila disc large tumor suppressor), and ZO1 (a mammalian tight junction protein). Two alternatively spliced transcript variants have been described for this gene which encode different protein isoforms and which are targeted differently in the Schwann cell. Mutations in this gene cause Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuoropathy, type 4F and Dejerine-Sottas neuropathy.