Reactivity: | Human |
Applications: | WB, ELISA |
Host Species: | Rabbit |
Clonality: | Polyclonal antibody |
Gene Name: | ghrelin and obestatin prepropeptide |
Gene Symbol: | GHRL |
Synonyms: | MTLRP; GHRL |
Gene ID: | 51738 |
UniProt ID: | Q9UBU3 |
Immunogen: | Recombinant fusion protein containing a sequence corresponding to amino acids 1-117 of human GHRL (NP_057446.1). |
Dilution: | WB 1:500-1:2000 |
Purification Method: | Affinity purification |
Concentration: | 0.87 mg/mL |
Buffer: | PBS with 0.02% sodium azide, 50% glycerol, pH7.3. |
Storage: | Store at -20°C. Avoid freeze/thaw cycles. |
Documents: | Manual-GHRL antibody |
Background
This gene encodes the ghrelin-obestatin preproprotein that is cleaved to yield two peptides, ghrelin and obestatin. Ghrelin is a powerful appetite stimulant and plays an important role in energy homeostasis. Its secretion is initiated when the stomach is empty, whereupon it binds to the growth hormone secretagogue receptor in the hypothalamus which results in the secretion of growth hormone (somatotropin). Ghrelin is thought to regulate multiple activities, including hunger, reward perception via the mesolimbic pathway, gastric acid secretion, gastrointestinal motility, and pancreatic glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. It was initially proposed that obestatin plays an opposing role to ghrelin by promoting satiety and thus decreasing food intake, but this action is still debated. Recent reports suggest multiple metabolic roles for obestatin, including regulating adipocyte function and glucose metabolism. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. In addition, antisense transcripts for this gene have been identified and may potentially regulate ghrelin-obestatin preproprotein expression.
Images
![]() | Western blot analysis of various lysates using GHRL Rabbit pAb (A1338) at 1:1000 dilution. Secondary antibody: HRP-conjugated Goat anti-Rabbit IgG (H+L) (AS014) at 1:10000 dilution. Lysates/proteins: 25μg per lane. Blocking buffer: 3% nonfat dry milk in TBST. Detection: ECL Basic Kit (RM00020). Exposure time: 90s. |
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