| Immunogen | SyntheticpeptidederivedfromtheCOOHterminalsequence(cytoplasmicdomain)ofthehumanβ4integrinsubunit(Tamuraetal.1990).ThesequenceusedisNH2-(K)GTLSTHMDQQFFQT-amide.Thelysine(K)isnotintheβ4sequenceandwasaddedtoconjugatethepeptid | 
| Host | Rabbit | 
| Specificity | Specificforbeta4integrinasdeterminedbyimmunoprecipitation.Theepitoperecognizedisonthecytoplasmicdomainoftheproteinandisthusintracellular.Nocross-reactivitytootherintegrinbsubunits. | 
| SpeciesReactivity |  | 
| AntibodyType | PolyclonalAntibody | 
| EntrezGeneNumber |  | 
| EntrezGeneSummary | Integrinsareheterodimerscomprisedofalphaandbetasubunits,thatarenoncovalentlyassociatedtransmembraneglycoproteinreceptors.Differentcombinationsofalphaandbetapolypeptidesformcomplexesthatvaryintheirligand-bindingspecificities.Integrinsmediatecell-matrixorcell-celladhesion,andtransducedsignalsthatregulategeneexpressionandcellgrowth.Thisgeneencodestheintegrinbeta4subunit,areceptorforthelaminins.Thissubunittendstoassociatewithalpha6subunitandislikelytoplayapivotalroleinthebiologyofinvasivecarcinoma.Mutationsinthisgeneareassociatedwithepidermolysisbullosawithpyloricatresia.Multiplealternativelysplicedtranscriptvariantsencodingdistinctisoformshavebeenfoundforthisgene. | 
| GeneSymbol |  | 
| UniProtNumber |  | 
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:P16144#Integrinalpha-6/beta-4isareceptorforlaminin.Itplaysacriticalstructuralroleinthehemidesmosomeofepithelialcells. SIZE:1822aminoacids;202151Da
 SUBUNIT:Heterodimerofanalphaandabetasubunit.Beta-4associateswithalpha-6.
 SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Membrane;Single-passtypeImembraneprotein.
 TISSUESPECIFICITY:Integrinalpha-6/beta-4ispredominantlyexpressedbyepithelia.Isoformbeta-4Disalsoexpressedincolonandplacenta.Isoformbeta-4Eisalsoexpressedinepidermis,lung,duodenum,heart,spleenandstomach.
 DOMAIN:SwissProt:P16144Thefibronectintype-III-likedomainsbindBPAG1andplectinandprobablyalsorecruitBP230.
 DISEASE:SwissProt:P16144#DefectsinITGB4areacauseofepidermolysisbullosaletaliswithpyloricatresia(EB-PA)[MIM:226730];alsoknownasjunctionalepidermolysisbullosawithpyloricatresia(PA-JEB)oraplasiacutiscongenitawithgastrointestinalatresia.EB-PAischaracterizedbymucocutaneousfragilityandgastrointestinalatresia,whichmostcommonlyaffectsthepylorus.&DefectsinITGB4areacauseofgeneralizedatrophicbenignepidermolysisbullosa(GABEB)[MIM:226650].Thisnonlethalformofjunctionalepidermolysisbullosaischaracterizedbylife-longblisteringoftheskin,associatedwithhairandtoothabnormalities.
 SIMILARITY:Belongstotheintegrinbetachainfamily.&Contains1Calx-betadomain.&Contains4fibronectintype-IIIdomains.&Contains1VWFAdomain.
 |