Rabbit anti-GHRL [+Biotin]

Ghrelin is synthesized as a preprohormone, and then proteolytically processed to yield a 28-amino acid peptide. It is a recently isolated brain-gut peptide that has growth hormone-releasing and appetiteinducing activities. Several recent studies have suggested that ghrelin plays a major role in the pathophysiology of drug-seeking behavior and anxiety. The rat and human mature Ghrelin (28-aa) are produced from 117 amino acids precursor peptides that have a signal peptide followed by the ghrelin sequence. At the C-terminus of the ghrelin sequence, processing occurs at an uncommon Pro-Arg recognition site. In rat stomach, two isoforms of mRNA for pro-ghrelin are produced from the gene by an alternative splicing. One mRNA encodes the ghrelin precursor, and another encodes a des-Gln14- ghrelin precursor. O-octanoylation or O-decanoylation is essential for ghrelin activity. The Odecanoylated forms Ghrelin-27-C10 and Ghrelin-28-C10 differ in the length of the carbon backbone of the carboxylic acid bound to Ser-26.

The antibody is stable for at least 1 year from the date of receipt when stored at -20°C to -70°C. Reconstituted antibody can also be aliquotted and stored at 4°C for 1 month or at -20°C to -70°C in a manual defrost freezer for many months without detectable loss activity. Please avoid freeze-thaw cycles.

The rabbit anti-human Ghrelin antibody detects specifically target derived from related-cell lysates protein at various concentrations. Cross reactivity with mouse and rat are expected from sequence similarity.