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Glut4 Antibody #2299

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    Supporting Data

    REACTIVITY
    SENSITIVITY Endogenous
    MW (kDa) 45
    SOURCE Rabbit

    Product Information

    Storage

    Supplied in 10 mM sodium HEPES (pH 7.5), 150 mM NaCl, 100 µg/ml BSA and 50% glycerol. Store at –20°C. Do not aliquot the antibody.

    Specificity / Sensitivity

    Glut4 Antibody detects endogenous levels of total Glut4 protein.

    Source / Purification

    Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to a sequence of human Glut4 (around Q6). Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.

    Background

    A group of related glucose transporters (Glut1-5 and 7) mediate the facilitated diffusion of glucose in nonepithelial mammalian tissues. Within insulin-responsive tissues such as muscle and fat, Glut1 contributes to basal glucose uptake while Glut4 is responsible for insulin-stimulated glucose transport (1-3). Glut4 is a 12-transmembrane domain protein that facilitates glucose transport in the direction of the glucose gradient. This transporter localizes to intracellular organelles (endosomes) in unstimulated cells and translocates to the cell surface following insulin stimulation (1,2,4). Translocation of Glut4 is dependent on Akt, which may act by phosphorylating AS160, a RabGAP protein involved in membrane trafficking (5).

    Alternate Names

    glu-4; gluc-4; glucose-transporter; glucose-transporter-4; Glut; Glut-4; Glut4

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