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Description
The monoclonal antibody 1G5 reacts with human alpha-catenin. Alpha-catenin belongs together with beta- and gamma-catenin to the catenin family. Catenins comprise a large family of Ca2+-dependent, homotypic cell-cell adhesion molecules that play important roles in development, epithelial cell polarity and tumor progression. Cadherins are single pass, type I transmembrane proteins that are localized in the adherens junction. To be fully functional, the cadherin cytoplasmic domain must be linked to the actin cytoskeleton through a group of proteins termed catenins: alpha-catenin, beta-catenin and plakoglobin. Alpha catenin interacts with the cadherin indirectly via interactions with beta-catenin or plakoglobin.