Catalogue Number: S-1014-1-RPE
Manufacturer: | rPeptide |
Physical state: | Lyophilized |
Type: | Other Proteins |
Shipping Condition: | RT |
Unit(s): | 0.5 mg |
Description: A deletion mutant of a-synuclein (amino acids 96-140). Additional amino acid(Met) is attached at the N-terminus. Alpha-Synuclein (a-Synuclein) is a 14 kD (140 amino acids) acidic presynaptic protein. It is a major component of Parkinson's disease aggregates and is implicated in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's Disease and related neurodegenerative disorders. a-Synuclein accumulates in the brains of sporadic Parkinson's disease patients as a major component of Lewy bodies, which are intraneuronal cytoplasmic inclusions characteristic of Parkinson's disease. a-Synuclein appears to associate with other proteins that aggregate and is found in a-amyloid plaques and neuritic tangles in Alzheimer's disease.