Human ERBB2 peptide

Nature

Synthetic

Tag/Conjugate

Unconjugated

SequenceSimilarities

ERBB2 / HER2 peptide corresponds to 13 amino acids of ERBB2 / HER2.

Purity

> 95 % by SDS-PAGE.

Format

Lyophilized

Preservative

None

Storage

Shipped at 4°C. Upon delivery aliquot and store at -20°C or -80°C. Avoid repeated freeze / thaw cycles. Information available upon request.

Reconstitution

ERBB2 peptide is supplied as 1mg of dried peptide. When the peptide is reconstituted in 1 mL strile water, the concentration will be 1 mg/mL.

Introduction

This gene encodes a member of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor family of receptor tyrosine kinases. This protein has no ligand binding domain of its own and therefore cannot bind growth factors. However, it does bind tightly to other ligand-bound EGF receptor family members to form a heterodimer, stabilizing ligand binding and enhancing kinase-mediated activation of downstream signalling pathways, such as those involving mitogen-activated protein kinase and phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase. Allelic variations at amino acid positions 654 and 655 of isoform a (positions 624 and 625 of isoform b) have been reported, with the most common allele, Ile654/Ile655, shown here. Amplification and/or overexpression of this gene has been reported in numerous cancers, including breast and ovarian tumors. Alternative splicing results in several additional transcript variants, some encoding different isoforms and others that have not been fully characterized. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Entrez Gene ID

Synonyms

ERBB2; v-erb-b2 avian erythroblastic leukemia viral oncogene homolog 2; NEU; NGL; HER2; TKR1; CD340; HER-2; MLN 19; HER-2/neu; receptor tyrosine-protein kinase erbB-2; herstatin; p185erbB2; proto-oncogene Neu; c-erb B2/neu protein; proto-oncogene c-ErbB-2; metastatic lymph node gene 19 protein; neuro/glioblastoma derived oncogene homolog; tyrosine kinase-type cell surface receptor HER2; neuroblastoma/glioblastoma derived oncogene homolog; v-erb-b2 avian erythroblastic leukemia viral oncoprotein 2; v-erb-b2 erythroblastic leukemia viral oncogene homolog 2, neuro/glioblastoma derived oncogene homolog;