| Immunogen | Nativetyrosinehydroxylasefromratpheochromocytoma(J.Biol.Chem.,1982,257:9416-9423). | 
| Concentration | PleaserefertotheCertificateofAnalysisforthelot-specificconcentration. | 
| Host | Sheep | 
| Specificity | TyrosineHydroxylase(TH,TyrosineMonooxygenase).Cross-reactswithallmammalianformstestedtodateandsomenon-mammalianforms. | 
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| AntibodyType | PolyclonalAntibody | 
| EntrezGeneNumber |  | 
| EntrezGeneSummary | Tyrosinehydroxylaseisinvolvedintheconversionoftyrosinetodopamine.Astherate-limitingenzymeinthesynthesisofcatecholamines,tyrosinehydroxylasehasakeyroleinthephysiologyofadrenergicneurons.MutationsinthisgenehavebeenassociatedwithautosomalrecessiveSegawasyndrome.Alternativelysplicedtranscriptvariantsencodingdifferentisoformshavebeennotedforthisgene.[providedbyRefSeq]. 
 TranscriptVariant:Thisvariant(2)usesadifferentdonorsplicesiteatthefirstcodingexonandismissinganadjacentin-framecodingexoncomparedtotranscriptvariant1,resultinginanisoform(b)missinga31aasegmentcomparedtoisoforma.
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| GeneSymbol |  | 
| PurificationMethod | ImmunoAffinityPurified | 
| UniProtNumber |  | 
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:P07101#Playsanimportantroleinthephysiologyofadrenergicneurons. COFACTOR:Fe(2+)ion.
 SIZE:528aminoacids;58524Da
 TISSUESPECIFICITY:Mainlyexpressedinthebrainandadrenalglands.
 DISEASE:SwissProt:P07101#DefectsinTHarethecauseofautosomalrecessiveSegawasyndrome[MIM:605407];alsoknownasDOPA-responsivedystonia.Typically,itbeginsinchildhoodoradolescencewithprogressivedifficultyinwalkingand,insomecases,spasticity.Somecasespresentwithparkinsoniansymptomsininfancyandarereferredtoasautosomalrecessiveinfantileparkinsonism.
 SIMILARITY:SwissProt:P07101##Belongstothebiopterin-dependentaromaticaminoacidhydroxylasefamily.
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| MolecularWeight | ~60kDa |