Recombinant Human Nanog-TAT (RMPP-00231443)
Cat. No.: RMPP-00231443
Category: Recombinant Protein
INQUIRY
5 μg
20 μg
Nanog is a regulatory protein that is associated with undifferentiated pluripotent cells. The expression of nanog, which is suppressed in all adult tissues, is restricted to embryonic stem cells and to certain pluripotent cancer cells. Decreased expression of nanog is strongly correlated with cell differentiation. Nanog, most likely, acts as an intracellular regulator, that helps maintain pluripotency and self renewal via a STAT3-independent pathway. The introduction of nanog, along with Sox2, Oct4, and Lin28, into primary human fibroblasts was sufficient to confer a pluripotent state upon the fibroblast genome. The reprogrammed cells thus obtained resemble ESC in morphology and gene expression. Protein transduction using TAT fusion proteins represents an alternative methodology for introducing transcription factors into primary, as well as transformed, cells. Recombinant Human Nanog-TAT is a 36.1 kDa protein, which is synthesized as a 304 amino acid polypeptide plus a 13- residue C-terminal TAT peptide.
Product Features
| Source | E.coli |
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| Purity | ≥ 95% by SDS-PAGE gel and HPLC analyses. |
| Nature | Recombinant |
| Endotoxin Level | < 1 Eu/μg |
Protein Information
| UniProt ID | Q9H9S0 |
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| Molecular Weight | 36.1 kDa |
| Sequence Similarities | Belongs to the Nanog homeobox family. Contains 1 homeobox DNA-binding domain. |
| Protein Length | Full length protein |
| Cellular Localization | Nucleus. |
| Tissue Specificity | Expressed in testicular carcinoma and derived germ cell tumors (at protein level). Expressed in fetal gonads, ovary and testis. Also expressed in ovary teratocarcinoma cell line and testicular embryonic carcinoma. Not expressed in many somatic organs and oocytes. |
| Developmental Stage | Expressed in embryonic stem (ES) and carcinoma (EC) cells. Expressed in inner cell mass (ICM) of the blastocyst and gonocytes between 14 and 19 weeks of gestation (at protein level). Not expressed in oocytes, unfertilized oocytes, 2-16 cell embryos and early morula (at protein level). Expressed in embryonic stem cells (ES). Expression decreases with ES differentiation. |
| Function | Transcription regulator involved in inner cell mass and embryonic stem (ES) cells proliferation and self-renewal. Imposes pluripotency on ES cells and prevents their differentiation towards extraembryonic endoderm and trophectoderm lineages. Blocks bone morphogenetic protein-induced mesoderm differentiation of ES cells by physically interacting with SMAD1 and interfering with the recruitment of coactivators to the active SMAD transcriptional complexes (By similarity). Acts as a transcriptional activator or repressor (By similarity). Binds optimally to the DNA consensus sequence 5'-TAAT-3' or 5'-CATTAN-3' (By similarity). When overexpressed, promotes cells to enter into S phase and proliferation. |
Storage & Shipping
| Shipping and Storage | Shipped on Dry Ice. |
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For research use only. Not for clinical use.
