Monoclonal Anti-Dio1

Not available outside of the UK & Ireland.

General description

The protein encoded by this gene is a thiol-requiring propylthiouracil-sensitive oxidoreductase. It activates thyroid hormone by converting the prohormone thyroxine (T4) by outer ring deiodination (ORD) to bioactive 3,3′,5-triiodothyronine (T3). It also degrades both hormones by inner ring deiodination (IRD). Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. Some, but not all, isoforms contain a selenocysteine (Sec) residue encoded by the UGA codon, which normally signals translation termination. The 3′ UTR of Sec-containing genes have a common stem-loop structure, the sec insertion sequence (SECIS), which is necessary for the recognition of UGA as a Sec codon rather than as a stop signal. Additional transcript variants have been described but are not supported by experimental evidence. (provided by RefSeq)

Immunogen

DIO1 (NP_000783.2, 35 a.a. ~ 125 a.a) partial recombinant protein with GST tag. MW of the GST tag alone is 26 KDa.SequenceDRVKRNILAMGEKTGMTRNPHFSHDNWIPTFFSTQYFWFVLKVRWQRLEDTTELGGLAPNCPVVRLSGQRCNIWEFMQGNRPLVLNFGSCT

Physical form

Solution in phosphate buffered saline, pH 7.4