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RED1 Antibody [L7J8]

Cat.No.: F9196

    Application: Reactivity:

    Usage Information

    Dilution
    1:1000
    1:500
    1:50
    1:500
    Application
    WB, IHC, IF, FCM
    Reactivity
    Mouse, Human, Rat
    Source
    Rabbit Monoclonal Antibody
    Storage Buffer
    PBS, pH 7.2+50% Glycerol+0.05% BSA+0.01% NaN3
    Storage (from the date of receipt)
    -20°C (avoid freeze-thaw cycles), 2 years
    Predicted MW Observed MW
    81 kDa 90 kDa
    *Why do the predicted and actual molecular weights differ?
    The following reasons may explain differences between the predicted and actual protein molecular weight.
    Post-translational modifications(e.g., phosphorylation, glycosylation); Splice variants and isoforms; Relative charge; Multimerization.

    Datasheet & SDS

    Biological Description

    Specificity
    RED1 Antibody [L7J8] detects endogenous levels of total RED1 protein.
    Clone
    L7J8
    Synonym(s)
    ADAR2, DRADA2, RED1, ADARB1, Double-stranded RNA-specific editase 1, RNA-editing deaminase 1, RNA-editing enzyme 1, dsRNA adenosine deaminase
    Background
    RED1, better known as ADARB1/ADAR2, is a double‑stranded RNA–specific adenosine deaminase of the ADAR family that catalyzes site‑selective A‑to‑I editing within structured pre‑mRNAs and noncoding RNAs, with particularly high activity in the central nervous system where it fine‑tunes the coding potential, splicing, and stability of transcripts that control excitability, synaptic transmission, and neuronal development. The protein contains multiple N‑terminal double‑stranded RNA‑binding domains that recognize imperfect duplexes in intronic–exonic or UTR regions, and a C‑terminal deaminase domain that positions a target adenosine in a conserved catalytic pocket for hydrolytic deamination to inosine, which is read as guanosine during translation and by many RNA‑binding factors. Editing by RED1/ADARB1 at defined sites in ion channel and receptor transcripts such as GRIA2 (GluA2 Q/R and R/G sites), KCNA1, and other synaptic genes alters amino acid sequence, Ca²⁺ permeability, gating kinetics, and trafficking properties, and also creates or abolishes splice sites and miRNA binding motifs, so the enzyme functions as a post‑transcriptional regulator that shapes neuronal firing properties and network stability rather than as a global, random editor. Bi‑allelic loss‑of‑function variants in ADARB1 identified in multiple families cause a severe developmental and epileptic encephalopathy characterized by early‑onset intractable seizures, microcephaly, global developmental delay, and hypotonia, and patient-derived cells and in silico analyses show that these variants reduce or abolish deaminase activity, leading to widespread RNA hypoediting across canonical ADAR2 sites in brain‑expressed transcripts. The same study and related work demonstrate that disrupted editing of key substrates—including ion channels, synaptic receptors, and synaptic scaffolding proteins—correlates with hyperexcitability and epileptic phenotypes, linking RED1/ADARB1 activity directly to maintenance of excitatory–inhibitory balance and circuit maturation. Broader transcriptome analyses in schizophrenia and other psychiatric disease indicate that ADARB1‑dependent editing is selectively reduced at many neuronal targets, producing hypoediting signatures that overlap with genetic risk loci and synaptic pathways involved in cognition and behavior.
    References
    • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9143496/
    • https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32719099/

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