Alternative Name(s):

Carbonyl reductase II Dicarbonyl/L-xylulose reductase Kidney dicarbonyl reductase

Species: (Organism)

Homo sapiens (Human)

Gene Names:

DCXR

Tag info:

N-terminal GST-tagged

Target Protein AA Sequence:

MELFLAGRRVLVTGAGKGIGRGTVQALHATGARVVAVSRTQADLDSLVRECPGIEPVCVDLGDWEATERALGSVGPVDLLVNNAAVALLQPFLEVTKEAFDRSFEVNLRAVIQVSQIVARGLIARGVPGAIVNVSSQCSQRAVTNHSVYCSTKGALDMLTKVMALELGPHKIRVNAVNPTVVMTSMGQATWSDPHKAKTMLNRIPLGKFAEVEHVVNAILFLLSDRSGMTTGSTLPVEGGFWAC

Expression Region:

1-244aa

Subcellular Location:

Membrane, Peripheral membrane protein

Tissue Specificity:

Highly expressed in kidney, liver and epididymis. In the epididymis, it is mainly expressed in the proximal and distal sections of the corpus region. Weakly or not expressed in brain, lung, heart, spleen and testis.

Protein Length:

Full Length

Pathway:

Mol. Weight:

52.9 kDa

Purity:

Greater than 90% 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:

Signal Transduction

Function:

Catalyzes the NADPH-dependent reduction of several pentoses, tetroses, trioses, alpha-dicarbonyl compounds and L-xylulose. Participates in the uronate cycle of glucose metabolism. May play a role in the water absorption and cellular osmoregulation in the proximal renal tubules by producing xylitol, an osmolyte, thereby preventing osmolytic stress from occurring in the renal tubules.

Involvement in disease:

Pentosuria (PNTSU)

Relevance:

Catalyzes the NADPH-dependent reduction of several pentoses, tetroses, trioses, alpha-dicarbonyl compounds and L-xylulose. Participates in the uronate cycle of glucose metabolism. May play a role in the water absorption and cellular osmoregulation in the proximal renal tubules by producing xylitol, an osmolyte, thereby preventing osmolytic stress from occurring in the renal tubules.

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:

Short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases (SDR) family

Reference:

"P34H sperm protein is preferentially expressed by the human corpus epididymidis." Legare C., Gaudreault C., St Jacques S., Sullivan R. Endocrinology 140:3318-3327(1999)