APC Antibody – Rabbit Polyclonal

This gene encodes a tumor suppressor protein that acts as an antagonist of the Wnt signaling pathway. It is also involved in other processes including cell migration and adhesion, transcriptional activation, and apoptosis. Defects in this gene cause familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), an autosomal dominant pre-malignant disease that usually progresses to malignancy. Disease-associated mutations tend to be clustered in a small region designated the mutation cluster region (MCR) and result in a truncated protein product. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

APC: a tumor suppressor. Defects in APC are a cause of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP). Promotes rapid degradation of CTNNB1 and participates in Wnt signaling. Activity is correlated with its phosphorylation state. Two splice-variant isoforms have been described.

Protein type: Motility/polarity/chemotaxis; Tumor suppressor

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 5q21-q22

Cellular Component: centrosome; tight junction; cytosol; beta-catenin destruction complex; nucleoplasm; kinetochore; cell-cell adherens junction; lamellipodium; cytoplasmic microtubule; cytoplasm; plasma membrane; nucleus; lateral plasma membrane

Molecular Function: microtubule plus-end binding; protein binding; cadherin binding; microtubule binding; gamma-catenin binding; beta-catenin binding; protein kinase regulator activity; protein kinase binding

Biological Process: positive regulation of cell adhesion; somatic stem cell maintenance; positive regulation of apoptosis; apoptosis; positive regulation of microtubule polymerization; T cell differentiation in the thymus; Wnt receptor signaling pathway through beta-catenin; chromosome organization and biogenesis; cytoplasmic microtubule organization and biogenesis; anterior/posterior pattern formation; muscle maintenance; negative regulation of cell proliferation; regulation of osteoclast differentiation; hair follicle development; cytokinesis after mitosis; mitotic cell cycle spindle assembly checkpoint; positive regulation of epithelial cell differentiation; protein complex assembly; kidney development; cell adhesion; cell cycle arrest; proximal/distal pattern formation; cell structure disassembly during apoptosis; regulation of microtubule-based process; negative regulation of odontogenesis; cell migration; regulation of attachment of spindle microtubules to kinetochore; regulation of osteoblast differentiation; thymus development; negative regulation of MAPKKK cascade; negative regulation of microtubule depolymerization; axis specification; negative regulation of cyclin-dependent protein kinase activity; positive regulation of pseudopodium formation; axonogenesis; dorsal/ventral pattern formation; retina development in camera-type eye; positive regulation of cell division; positive regulation of protein catabolic process; regulation of nitrogen compound metabolic process; response to DNA damage stimulus; mitotic metaphase/anaphase transition; positive regulation of cell migration

Disease: Familial Adenomatous Polyposis 1; Gastric Cancer; Desmoid Disease, Hereditary; Colorectal Cancer; Hepatocellular Carcinoma