| Immunogen | Purifiedneurofilamentpolypeptides(Debusetal.,1983). | 
| Epitope | Unknown | 
| Clone | NE14 | 
| Concentration | PleaserefertotheCertificateofAnalysisforthelot-specificconcentration. | 
| Host | Mouse | 
| Specificity | ThisantibodyrecognizesNeurofilamentH. | 
| Isotype | IgG1 | 
| SpeciesReactivity |  | 
| SpeciesReactivityNote | Human,PorcineandRat.Reactivitywithotherspecieshasnotbeentested. | 
| AntibodyType | MonoclonalAntibody | 
| EntrezGeneNumber |  | 
| EntrezGeneSummary | NeurofilamentsaretypeIVintermediatefilamentheteropolymerscomposedoflight,medium,andheavychains.Neurofilamentscomprisetheaxoskeletonandfunctionallymaintainneuronalcaliber.Theymayalsoplayaroleinintracellulartransporttoaxonsanddendrites.Thisgeneencodestheheavyneurofilamentprotein.ThisproteiniscommonlyusedasabioMarkerofneuronaldamageandsusceptibilitytoamyotrophiclateralsclerosis(ALS)hasbeenassociatedwithmutationsinthisgene.[providedbyRefSeq]. 
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| GeneSymbol |  | 
| PurificationMethod | ProteinGPurified | 
| UniProtNumber |  | 
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:Neurofilamentsusuallycontainthreeintermediatefilamentproteins:L,M,andHwhichareinvolvedinthemaintenanceofneuronalcaliber.NF-HhasanimportantfunctioninmatureaxonsthatisnotsubservedbythetwosmallerNFproteins. 
 PTM:ThereareanumberofrepeatsofthetripeptideK-S-P,NFHisphosphorylatedonanumberoftheserinesinthismotif.ItisthoughtthatphosphorylationofNFHresultsintheformationofinterfilamentcrossbridgesthatareimportantinthemaintenanceofaxonalcaliber.
 
 Phosphorylationseemstoplayamajorroleinthefunctioningofthelargerneurofilamentpolypeptides(NF-MandNF-H),thelevelsofphosphorylationbeingaltereddevelopmentallyandcoincidentwithachangeintheneurofilamentfunction.
 
 POLYMORPHISM:Thenumberofrepeatsisshowntovarybetween29and30.
 
 DISEASE:DefectsinNEFHareacauseofsusceptibilitytoamyotrophiclateralsclerosis(ALS)[MIM:105400].ALSisaneurodegenerativedisorderaffectingupperandlowermotorneurons,andresultinginfatalparalysis.Sensoryabnormalitiesareabsent.Deathusuallyoccurswithin2to5years.Theetiologyislikelytobemultifactorial,involvingbothgeneticandenvironmentalfactors.Ref.8
 
 SIMILARITY:Belongstotheintermediatefilamentfamily.
 
 
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| MolecularWeight | ~200kDa |