GAPDH Products

Description

Glyceraldehyde 3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is a ubiquitous enzyme involved in glycolysis, converting glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate into 1,3 diphosphoglycerate. This constitutively expressed, homotetramer protein can be found in the nucleus and cytoplasm, and the monomer has a theoretical molecular weight of 36 kDa. Known as a housekeeping gene, GAPDH routinely serves as a control for real-time PCR (RT-PCR) and as a loading control for Western Blots (1-3). In addition to its role in glycolysis, GAPDH has multiple cellular functions including membrane trafficking, transcription activation, apoptosis, DNA repair, and has been implicated in various pathologies such as cancer and neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's and Huntington's (4,5).

References

1) Barber RD, Harmer DW, Coleman RA, Clark BJ. (2005) GAPDH as a housekeeping gene: analysis of GAPDH mRNA expression in a panel of 72 human tissues. Physiol Genomics. 21(3):389-95. PMID: 15769908

2) Jia Y, Takimoto K. (2006) Mitogen-activated protein kinases control cardiac KChIP2 gene expression. Circ Res. 98(3):386-93. PMID: 16385079

3) Godsel LM, Hsieh SN, Amargo EV, Bass AE, Pascoe-McGillicuddy LT, Huen AC, Thorne ME, Gaudry CA, Park JK, Myung K, Goldman RD, Chew TL, Green KJ. (2005) Desmoplakin assembly dynamics in four dimensions: multiple phases differentially regulated by intermediate filaments and actin. J Cell Biol. 171(6):1045-59. PMID: 16365169

4) Sirover MA1. (1999) New insights into an old protein: the functional diversity of mammalian glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1432(2): 159-84. PMID: 10407139

5) Tristan C, Shahani N, Sedlak TW, Sawa A. (2011) The diverse functions of GAPDH: views from different subcellular compartments. Cell Signal. 23(2):317-23. PMID: 20727968

Bioinformatics

Entrez	100009074 Rabbit 14433 Mouse 24383 Rat 2597 Human 786101 Bovine
Uniprot	AAH09081 Human EAW88786.1 Human NM_002046 Human NP_002037 Human NP_002037.2 Human P00355 Porcine P04406 Human P04406.3 Human P04797 Rat P10096 Bovine P16858 Mouse
Product By Gene ID	2597
Alternate Names	aging-associated gene 9 protein EC 1.2.1 EC 1.2.1.12 EC 2.6.99.- G3PD GAPD glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase MGC88685 Peptidyl-cysteine S-nitrosylase GAPDH

Research Areas for GAPDH

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