Produced in rabbits immunized with E. coli-derived Human GIMAP6 fragment, and purified by antigen affinity chromatography.
Source
Polyclonal Rabbit IgG
Purification
Protein A & Antigen Affinity
Formulation
PBS, pH7.0 with 0.03% Proclin300
Conjugate
Unconjugated
Form
Liquid
Shipping
This antibody is shipped as liquid solution at ambient temperature. Upon receipt, store it immediately at the temperature recommended below.
Storage
This antibody can be stored at 2℃-8℃ for one month without detectable loss of activity. Antibody products are stable for twelve months from date of receipt when stored at -20℃ to -80℃. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.
GIMAP6 interacts with the ATG8 family member GABARAPL2 and is recruited to autophagosomes upon starvation, suggesting a role for GIMAP6 in the autophagic process. GABARAPL2 is one of the mammalian homologs of the yeast autophagy protein Atg8. Chemical cross-linking studies performed on Jurkat T cells, which express both GIMAP6 and GABARAPL2 endogenously, indicated that the two proteins in these cells readily associate with one another in the cytosol under normal conditions. The GIMAP6-GABARAPL2 interaction was disrupted by deletion of the last 10 amino acids of GIMAP6. The N-terminal region of GIMAP6, however, which includes a putative Atg8-family interacting motif, was not required. Over-expression of GIMAP6 resulted in increased levels of endogenous GABARAPL2 in cells. GIMAP6 plays a role in modulating immune function and that it does this by controlling cell death and the activation of T cells.
References
Pascall JC, et al. (2018) Gimap6 is required for t cell maintenance and efficient autophagy in mice. PLoS One 13 (5): e0196504.
Pascall JC, et al. (2013) The immune system gtpase gimap6 interacts with the atg8 homologue gabarapl2 and is recruited to autophagosomes. PLoS One 8 (10): e77782.
Ho CH, et al. (2017) Functional and biochemical characterization of a t cell-associated anti-apoptotic protein, gimap6. J Biol Chem 292 (22): 9305-9319.