Alternative Name(s):

Aralkylamine N-acetyltransferase

Species: (Organism)

Homo sapiens (Human)

Gene Names:

AANAT

Tag info:

N-terminal 10xHis-GST-tagged

Target Protein AA Sequence:

MSTQSTHPLKPEAPRLPPGIPESPSCQRRHTLPASEFRCLTPEDAVSAFEIEREAFISVLGVCPLYLDEIRHFLTLCPELSLGWFEEGCLVAFIIGSLWDKERLMQESLTLHRSGGHIAHLHVLAVHRAFRQQGRGPILLWRYLHHLGSQPAVRRAALMCEDALVPFYERFSFHAVGPCAITVGSLTFMELHCSLRGHPFLRRNSGC

Expression Region:

1-207aa

Subcellular Location:

Cytoplasm

Tissue Specificity:

Highly expressed in pineal gland and at lower levels in the retina. Weak expression in several brain regions and in the pituitary gland.

Protein Length:

Full Length

Pathway:

Mol. Weight:

51.8 kDa

Purity:

Greater than 85% as determined by SDS-PAGE.

Form:

Liquid or Lyophilized powder

Buffer:

If the delivery form is liquid, the default storage buffer is Tris/PBS-based buffer, 5%-50% glycerol. If the delivery form is lyophilized powder, the buffer before lyophilization is Tris/PBS-based buffer, 6% Trehalose, pH 8.0.

Research Areas:

Neuroscience

Function:

Controls the night/day rhythm of melatonin production in the pineal gland. Catalyzes the N-acetylation of serotonin into N-acetylserotonin, the penultimate step in the synthesis of melatonin.

Involvement in disease:

Relevance:

Controls the night/day rhythm of melatonin production in the pineal gland. Catalyzes the N-acetylation of serotonin into N-acetylserotonin, the penultimate step in the synthesis of melatonin.

Reconstitution:

We recommend that this vial be briefly centrifuged prior to opening to bring the contents to the bottom. Please reconstitute protein in deionized sterile water to a concentration of 0.1-1.0 mg/mL.We recommend to add 5-50% of glycerol (final concentration) and aliquot for long-term storage at -20℃/-80℃. Our default final concentration of glycerol is 50%. Customers could use it as reference.

Protein Families:

Acetyltransferase family, AANAT subfamily

Reference:

"cAMP regulation of arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase (AANAT, EC 2.3.1.87): a new cell line (1E7) provides evidence of intracellular AANAT activation." Coon S.L., Weller J.L., Korf H.-W., Namboodiri M.A., Rollag M., Klein D.C. J. Biol. Chem. 276:24097-24107(2001)