Human ATG4C Ready-To-Use IHC Kit

Catalog No:

RTUI0029

Sample Type:

FFPE tissue

Storage:

Please store components at the temperatures indicated on the individual tubelabels.The kit is stable for 6 months from the date of receipt.

Size:

50T (including a control slide)

Notes:

The positive control slide provided in the kit allows you to be sure that the experimental set-up is working properly.
Do not allow slides to dry at any time during this procedure.
Please don't replace the matching reagents in this product with other manufacturers' products.
As DAB is a carcinogen, please take necessary precautions.
PBS (reagent 1) can be stored for one week at 4℃ after preparation; The antigen retrieval buffer (1×reagent 2) and the chromogenic agent (the mixture of reagents 7 and 8) should be prepared right before each assay.

Introduction:

ATG4C is involved in autophagy, the process by which endogenous proteins and damaged organelles are destroyed intracellularly. Autophagy is postulated to be essential for cell homeostasis and cell remodeling during differentiation, metamorphosis, non-apoptotic cell death, and aging. Reduced levels of autophagy have been described in some malignant tumors, and a role for autophagy in controlling the unregulated cell growth linked to cancer has been proposed. This gene encodes a member of the autophagin protein family. The encoded protein is also designated as a member of the C-54 family of cysteine proteases. Alternate transcriptional splice variants, encoding the same protein, have been characterized. Cysteine protease required for autophagy, which cleaves the C-terminal part of either MAP1LC3, GABARAPL2 or GABARAP, allowing the liberation of form I. A subpopulation of form I is subsequently converted to a smaller form (form II). Form II, with a revealed C-terminal glycine, is considered to be the phosphatidylethanolamine (PE)-conjugated form, and has the capacity for the binding to autophagosomes. Highly expressed in skeletal muscle, heart, liver and testis.