Reactive species
Human;Mouse;Rat
Applications
WB;IHC;IF;ELISA
Antibody type
Polyclonal Antibody
Protein name
Nitric oxide synthase brain
Immunogen
The antiserum was produced against synthesized peptide derived from human nNOS. AA range:818-867
Specificity
NOS1 Polyclonal Antibody detects endogenous levels of NOS1 protein.
Constitute
Liquid in PBS containing 50% glycerol, 0.5% BSA and 0.02% sodium azide.
Source
Polyclonal, Rabbit,IgG
Dilution rate
Western Blot: 1/500 - 1/2000. Immunohistochemistry: 1/100 - 1/300. Immunofluorescence: 1/200 - 1/1000. ELISA: 1/5000. Not yet tested in other applications.
Purification process
The antibody was affinity-purified from rabbit antiserum by affinity-chromatography using epitope-specific immunogen.
Other name
NOS1; Nitric oxide synthase; brain; Constitutive NOS; NC-NOS; NOS type I; Neuronal NOS; N-NOS; nNOS; Peptidyl-cysteine S-nitrosylase NOS1; bNOS
Background
The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the family of nitric oxide synthases, which synthesize nitric oxide from L-arginine. Nitric oxide is a reactive free radical, which acts as a biologic mediator in several processes, including neurotransmission, and antimicrobial and antitumoral activities. In the brain and peripheral nervous system, nitric oxide displays many properties of a neurotransmitter, and has been implicated in neurotoxicity associated with stroke and neurodegenerative diseases, neural regulation of smooth muscle, including peristalsis, and penile erection. This protein is ubiquitously expressed, with high level of expression in skeletal muscle. Multiple transcript variants that differ in the 5' UTR have been described for this gene but the full-length nature of these transcripts is not known. Additionally, alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms
Function
alternative products:Isoform 3 is produced by different alternative splicing events implicating either the untranslated exons TEX1 (TN-NOS) or TEX1B (TN-NOSB) leading to a N-terminus truncated protein which possesses enzymatic activity comparable to that of isoform 1. The C-terminal truncated isoform 4 is produced by insertion of the TEX2 exon between exons 3 and 4 of isoform 1, leading to a frameshift and a premature stop codon,catalytic activity:L-arginine + n NADPH + n H(+) + m O(2) = citrulline + nitric oxide + n NADP(+).,cofactor:Binds 1 FAD.,cofactor:Binds 1 FMN.,cofactor:Heme group.,cofactor:Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4). May stabilize the dimeric form of the enzyme.,disease:Genetic variations in NOS1 gene are associated with susceptibility to infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis type 1 (IHPS1) [MIM:179010]. IHPS has an incidence of 1-5 per 1'000 live births in whites and a marked
