| Immunogen | SyntheticpeptidefromratVGLUT1proteinwithnooverlaptoVGLUT2.TheimmunogenisavailableasAG208. | 
| Concentration | Variable | 
| Host | GuineaPig | 
| Specificity | RecognizesVesicularGlutamateTransporter1(VGLUT1,BNPI{BrainspecificNa+dependentinorganicphosphatecotransporter}).Theantiserumhasbeentestedontissuesectionsfromtheratcentralnervoussystem(CNS)usingimmunofluorescencehistochemistry.Theantiserummainlylabelsnervefibersandterminals.VGLUT1isanexcellentMarkerforglutamatergicnerveterminals.ThestainingpatternforthestainingobtainedwiththeVGLUT1antiserumcorrespondstothepatterndescribedusingotherantiseratoVGLUT1(Bellocchioetal.,1998;Fremeauetal.,2001;Fujiyamaetal.,2001;Sakata-Hagaetal.,2001;Tongetal.,2001;Kanekoetal.2002;Varoquietal.,2002).PreabsorptionoftheVGLUT1antiserumwithimmunogenpeptideeliminatesallimmunostaining. | 
| SpeciesReactivity |  | 
| AntibodyType | PolyclonalAntibody | 
| EntrezGeneNumber |  | 
| EntrezGeneSummary | aNa(+)-dependentinorganicphosphatecotransporter. | 
| GeneSymbol | - VGluT1
 - Solutecarrierfamily17member7
 - Brain-specificNa(+)-dependentinorganicphosphatecotransporter
 - Slc17a7
 - Bnpi
 
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| PurificationMethod | Unpurified | 
| UniProtNumber |  | 
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:Mediatestheuptakeofglutamateintosynapticvesiclesatpresynapticnerveterminalsofexcitatoryneuralcells.Mayalsomediatethetransportofinorganicphosphate. SIZE:560aminoacids;61665Da[MWofunprocessedprecursor] SUBCELLULARLOCATION:Cytoplasmicvesicle,secretoryvesicle,synapticvesiclemembrane.Membrane;Multi-passmembraneprotein(Potential).Celljunction,synapse,synaptosome. TISSUESPECIFICITY:Expressedinthecerebellum,cerberalcortexandhippocampus.Isoform2isexpressedspecificallyinretina. SIMILARITY:Belongstothemajorfacilitatorsuperfamily.Sodium/anioncotransporterfamily.VGLUTsubfamily. | 
| MolecularWeight | 62kDa |